Clarkson

21.4% of Clarkson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,845 family households lived in Clarkson; 43.7% were couple families and 23.4% were one-parent families.

44.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Clarkson had 13,904 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 89.3% of occupied private dwellings in Clarkson.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

16.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

52.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Clarkson had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 25.7% had four or more usual residents.

6.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

60.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

6.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 38.1% of the total.

57.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.5% reported a different address.

42.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

74.6% of residents used only English at home.

20.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

42.5% of Clarkson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 57.5% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.8% of ancestry responses in Clarkson.

Australian ancestry made up 25.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.8% of responses.

16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

39.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

62.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 5.9% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,761 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 6.0% in Clarkson, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 16.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 31.2% in Clarkson, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.