Ellenbrook

26.3% of Ellenbrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

6,477 family households lived in Ellenbrook; 51.4% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

51.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Ellenbrook had 24,668 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 89.3% of occupied private dwellings in Ellenbrook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

15.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

59.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.2% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Ellenbrook had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 19.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 27.9%, while 34.6% had four or more usual residents.

5.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

67.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 34.0% of the total.

62.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.5% reported a different address.

31.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

75.2% of residents used only English at home.

19.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

31.8% of Ellenbrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

3.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.0% of ancestry responses in Ellenbrook.

Australian ancestry made up 30.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

12.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

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

40.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.8%.

Median household income was $1,846 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,833.

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

Working from home was 5.0% in Ellenbrook, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 15.5% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 25.2% in Ellenbrook, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.