Butler

23.8% of Butler's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

3,628 family households lived in Butler; 47.9% were couple families and 23.8% were one-parent families.

48.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Butler had 13,473 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 96.0% of occupied private dwellings in Butler.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

12.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

52.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.2% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Butler had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 28.5%, while 31.6% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

59.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

6.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

4.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

One-car households formed 39.9% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.5% reported a different address.

43.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

80.6% of residents used only English at home.

14.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

43.1% of Butler's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 56.9% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.4% of ancestry responses in Butler.

Australian ancestry made up 26.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.5%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

38.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

62.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.3%.

Median household income was $1,710 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Butler, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 12.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 35.2% in Butler, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.