Dowerin

19.0% of Dowerin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

109 family households lived in Dowerin; 31.2% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Dowerin had 436 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Dowerin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

28.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Dowerin had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 16.1% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

56.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.4% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 36.8% of the total.

58.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.1% reported a different address.

10.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

92.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.8% of Dowerin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.2% 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 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.1% of ancestry responses in Dowerin.

Australian ancestry made up 51.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 23.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.1% of workers, and education and training employed 15.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

50.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 9.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.5%.

Median household income was $1,103 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $672.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $170 per week.

Working from home was 9.3% in Dowerin, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 47.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 24.4% in Dowerin, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.