Carnarvon

9.6% of Carnarvon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

36 family households lived in Carnarvon; 22.2% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

30.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Carnarvon had 281 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 58.8% of occupied private dwellings in Carnarvon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

21.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Carnarvon had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 50.7% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 40.3%, while 16.4% had four or more usual residents.

7.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

58.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

5.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 17.7% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 58.2% of the total.

53.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.9% reported a different address.

18.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

51.2% of residents used only English at home.

9.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 2.8% spoke Hindi.

18.1% of Carnarvon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 53.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 21.7% of ancestry responses in Carnarvon.

Australian ancestry made up 22.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

26.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.1% of workers, and education and training employed 15.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 32.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

24.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 6.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

32.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 3.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.5%.

Median household income was $1,350 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,034.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $210 per week.

Working from home was 7.6% in Carnarvon, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 43.9% in Carnarvon, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.