Dampier

27.4% of Dampier's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

322 family households lived in Dampier; 59.9% were couple families and 5.0% were one-parent families.

55.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Dampier had 1,282 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 86.1% of occupied private dwellings in Dampier.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

18.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

43.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Dampier had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 31.2%, while 36.9% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

67.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 19.1% of the total.

78.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.7% reported a different address.

13.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.6% of Dampier's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.4% 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 84.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.4% of ancestry responses in Dampier.

Australian ancestry made up 45.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

16.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

50.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

67.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 3.4% arthritis and 1.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.3%.

Median household income was $3,664 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $480 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Dampier, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 18.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 38.4% in Dampier, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.