Dampier Peninsula

28.7% of Dampier Peninsula's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

230 family households lived in Dampier Peninsula; 42.2% were couple families and 38.7% were one-parent families.

57.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Dampier Peninsula had 1,051 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 88.7% of occupied private dwellings in Dampier Peninsula.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

5.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

94.4% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Dampier Peninsula had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 25.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 20.9%, while 37.6% had four or more usual residents.

1.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

35.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 41.0% walked or cycled.

25.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 47.8% of the total.

25.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.8% reported a different address.

3.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

65.5% of residents used only English at home.

23.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.9% of Dampier Peninsula's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 6.1% of ancestry responses in Dampier Peninsula.

Australian ancestry made up 9.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

17.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 25.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

20.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 23.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

69.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.4% reported asthma, 2.8% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.1%.

Median household income was $1,078 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,970.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $120 per week.

Working from home was 1.1% in Dampier Peninsula, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 5.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 94.4% in Dampier Peninsula, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.