Denmark

16.1% of Denmark's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

628 family households lived in Denmark; 31.5% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

35.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Denmark had 2,691 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 93.5% of occupied private dwellings in Denmark.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

25.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Denmark had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 38.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.3%, while 14.1% had four or more usual residents.

10.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

59.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 47.4% of the total.

48.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.0% reported a different address.

23.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

86.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.6% of Denmark's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.5% of ancestry responses in Denmark.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

21.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 13.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

19.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

51.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.3%.

Median household income was $975 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,377.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 10.5% in Denmark, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 44.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 30.0% in Denmark, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.