City Beach

17.7% of City Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,888 family households lived in City Beach; 53.0% were couple families and 7.5% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

City Beach had 6,805 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 87.6% of occupied private dwellings in City Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

53.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

34.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.4% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in City Beach had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 33.0%, while 35.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

61.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 21.5% of the total.

74.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.9% reported a different address.

30.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

12.8% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

30.0% of City Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.0% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in City Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 31.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.6% of responses.

40.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 22.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

31.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

66.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 2.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

44.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 10.2%.

Median household income was $3,700 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $4,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $750 per week.

Working from home was 15.7% in City Beach, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 53.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 11.4% in City Beach, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.