Dunsborough

22.0% of Dunsborough's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1,698 family households lived in Dunsborough; 43.6% were couple families and 13.1% were one-parent families.

44.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Dunsborough had 6,413 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 89.7% of occupied private dwellings in Dunsborough.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

34.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

43.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Dunsborough had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

12.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

59.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 33.9% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.9% reported a different address.

21.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

21.4% of Dunsborough's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Dunsborough.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

19.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

30.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

64.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.6%.

Median household income was $1,738 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,885.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 12.1% in Dunsborough, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Renting accounted for 21.6% in Dunsborough, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.