Brockman

21.8% of Brockman's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

218 family households lived in Brockman; 35.3% were couple families and 26.6% were one-parent families.

40.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Brockman had 993 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 72.1% of occupied private dwellings in Brockman.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.7% of occupied private dwellings.

18.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

17.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

63.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Brockman had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.5%, while 17.9% had four or more usual residents.

0.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

4.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.6% walked or cycled.

14.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 42.1% of the total.

44.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.9% reported a different address.

17.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

69.4% of residents used only English at home.

9.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

17.5% of Brockman's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.7% of ancestry responses in Brockman.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 15.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

51.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.5%.

Median household income was $1,411 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $208 per week.

Working from home was 0.8% in Brockman, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 18.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 63.7% in Brockman, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.