East Perth

7.5% of East Perth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

2,828 family households lived in East Perth; 22.2% were couple families and 8.9% were one-parent families.

20.5% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

East Perth had 11,681 residents at the 2021 Census.

47.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 3.8% of occupied private dwellings in East Perth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 89.9% of occupied private dwellings.

16.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

20.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

62.8% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in East Perth had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 40.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 5.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

35.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

23.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.6% walked or cycled.

18.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 59.3% of the total.

22.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.9% reported a different address.

55.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

53.3% of residents used only English at home.

38.0% used a language other than English at home.

7.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.6% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

55.6% of East Perth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 44.4% was born in Australia.

5.1% of residents were born in China.

4.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 59.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.6% of ancestry responses in East Perth.

Australian ancestry made up 13.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 13.9% of responses.

36.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 15.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

45.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

67.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.3% reported asthma, 4.4% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

38.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 13.8%.

Median household income was $2,005 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 8.2% in East Perth, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 16.4% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 62.8% in East Perth, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.