Bull Creek

18.5% of Bull Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

2,244 family households lived in Bull Creek; 50.2% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Bull Creek had 8,030 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 78.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bull Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.5% of occupied private dwellings.

45.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

34.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Bull Creek had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 22.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 31.5%, while 30.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

59.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

4.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

4.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 34.8% of the total.

60.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.6% reported a different address.

45.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

62.5% of residents used only English at home.

33.9% used a language other than English at home.

13.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

45.2% of Bull Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 54.8% was born in Australia.

5.3% of residents were born in China.

4.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.7% of ancestry responses in Bull Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 23.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 24.6% of responses.

37.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

63.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.3% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.1%.

Median household income was $1,880 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 10.5% in Bull Creek, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 45.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Bull Creek, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.