Dudley Park

13.0% of Dudley Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

1,943 family households lived in Dudley Park; 27.4% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Dudley Park had 6,957 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 84.4% of occupied private dwellings in Dudley Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

41.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

31.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.4% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Dudley Park had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 43.1%, while 14.6% had four or more usual residents.

5.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

61.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

3.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 42.7% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.9% reported a different address.

28.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

28.1% of Dudley Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.1% of ancestry responses in Dudley Park.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.1%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

24.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

50.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 15.0% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $1,193 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,530.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 5.8% in Dudley Park, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 41.8% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 26.4% in Dudley Park, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.