Eaton

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

2,374 family households lived in Eaton; 39.3% were couple families and 17.3% were one-parent families.

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

Eaton had 8,669 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Eaton.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

32.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

44.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Eaton had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.6%, while 22.6% had four or more usual residents.

3.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

69.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

60.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.8% reported a different address.

16.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

16.4% of Eaton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Eaton.

Australian ancestry made up 40.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

32.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.1%.

Median household income was $1,485 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 3.1% in Eaton, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 32.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 23.1% in Eaton, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.