Derby

20.2% of Derby's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

562 family households lived in Derby; 34.3% were couple families and 21.9% were one-parent families.

41.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Derby had 3,222 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 85.7% of occupied private dwellings in Derby.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

18.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

15.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

66.2% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Derby had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 34.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 30.8%, while 23.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

62.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.5% walked or cycled.

14.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 39.9% of the total.

46.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.5% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

54.5% of residents used only English at home.

9.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.8% of Derby's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 64.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 16.9% of ancestry responses in Derby.

Australian ancestry made up 18.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

22.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.6% of workers, and education and training employed 13.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

47.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.3% reported asthma, 4.6% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.3%.

Median household income was $1,713 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,638.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 4.5% in Derby, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 18.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 66.2% in Derby, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.