Carey Park

17.0% of Carey Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

1,246 family households lived in Carey Park; 27.6% were couple families and 30.6% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Carey Park had 5,155 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 79.5% of occupied private dwellings in Carey Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

24.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

28.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

46.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Carey Park had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 40.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 13.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

69.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

10.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 45.3% of the total.

44.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.7% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

83.0% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.6% of Carey Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.5% of ancestry responses in Carey Park.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

9.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 5.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 5.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

27.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

47.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 12.7% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.2%.

Median household income was $1,018 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,261.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 2.0% in Carey Park, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 24.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 46.8% in Carey Park, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.