East Cannington

21.1% of East Cannington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,657 family households lived in East Cannington; 52.9% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

47.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

East Cannington had 6,512 residents at the 2021 Census.

39.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 76.5% of occupied private dwellings in East Cannington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

21.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

38.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.4% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in East Cannington had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 19.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 27.8%, while 32.7% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

63.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

8.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

63.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.9% reported a different address.

54.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

38.6% of residents used only English at home.

55.5% used a language other than English at home.

7.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.

54.8% of East Cannington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 45.2% was born in Australia.

4.2% of residents were born in China.

13.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 65.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.1% of ancestry responses in East Cannington.

Australian ancestry made up 14.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 13.2% of responses.

18.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 7.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 4.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

37.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

73.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.8% reported asthma, 4.2% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.9%.

Median household income was $1,828 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in East Cannington, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 21.1% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 40.4% in East Cannington, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.