Coolgardie

16.0% of Coolgardie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

180 family households lived in Coolgardie; 25.0% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

27.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Coolgardie had 773 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 91.8% of occupied private dwellings in Coolgardie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

43.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

28.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Coolgardie had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 37.8%, while 13.8% had four or more usual residents.

1.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

70.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.3% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 32.6% of the total.

58.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

73.2% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.4% of Coolgardie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.0% of ancestry responses in Coolgardie.

Australian ancestry made up 31.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

47.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.9%.

Median household income was $1,260 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $927.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 1.4% in Coolgardie, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 43.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 28.3% in Coolgardie, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.