Byford

28.9% of Byford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

5,098 family households lived in Byford; 55.1% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

55.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Byford had 18,878 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 98.7% of occupied private dwellings in Byford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

14.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

70.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Byford had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 28.1%, while 38.0% had four or more usual residents.

5.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

68.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 26.4% of the total.

72.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

27.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

14.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

27.7% of Byford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

3.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Byford.

Australian ancestry made up 36.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

12.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.7%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

44.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

65.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.1%.

Median household income was $2,059 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,898.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 5.0% in Byford, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 14.2% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 15.6% in Byford, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.