Dawesville

20.2% of Dawesville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2,067 family households lived in Dawesville; 39.4% were couple families and 13.1% were one-parent families.

35.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Dawesville had 7,143 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 94.0% of occupied private dwellings in Dawesville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

38.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

46.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Dawesville had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 40.9%, while 25.3% had four or more usual residents.

7.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

57.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

3.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 31.6% of the total.

66.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.9% reported a different address.

26.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

90.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

26.0% of Dawesville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.6% of ancestry responses in Dawesville.

Australian ancestry made up 36.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

13.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.4%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

27.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

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

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.7%.

Median household income was $1,469 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,842.

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

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

Outright ownership was 38.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 15.2% in Dawesville, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.