Chittering

18.5% of Chittering's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

312 family households lived in Chittering; 43.3% were couple families and 7.7% were one-parent families.

32.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Chittering had 1,034 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% 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 99.7% of occupied private dwellings in Chittering.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

30.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

64.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Chittering had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 14.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 40.5%, while 26.3% had four or more usual residents.

10.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

62.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 16.7% of the total.

83.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.6% reported a different address.

23.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

90.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

23.5% of Chittering's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.5% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.4% of ancestry responses in Chittering.

Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

12.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

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

Health care and social assistance employed 8.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

38.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.8%.

Median household income was $1,972 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $335 per week.

Working from home was 10.1% in Chittering, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 30.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 5.2% in Chittering, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.