Eglinton

28.2% of Eglinton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

1,050 family households lived in Eglinton; 52.4% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

55.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Eglinton had 3,705 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

10.8% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 99.2% of occupied private dwellings in Eglinton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

7.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

71.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Eglinton had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 31.7%, while 31.9% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

63.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.

62.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

34.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 65.4% reported a different address.

40.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

82.2% of residents used only English at home.

12.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

40.7% of Eglinton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 59.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.4% of ancestry responses in Eglinton.

Australian ancestry made up 27.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

44.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

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

66.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 4.4% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.5%.

Median household income was $2,024 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 $350 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Eglinton, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 7.3% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 21.6% in Eglinton, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.