Esperance

13.4% of Esperance's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

440 family households lived in Esperance; 31.1% were couple families and 17.7% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Esperance had 2,080 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 63.0% of occupied private dwellings in Esperance.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 27.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.5% of occupied private dwellings.

33.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

17.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

49.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Esperance had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 48.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 30.9%, while 10.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

65.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.2% walked or cycled.

13.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 44.9% of the total.

41.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.6% reported a different address.

17.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.2% of Esperance's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Esperance.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

49.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 12.6% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.7%.

Median household income was $1,087 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $235 per week.

Working from home was 5.3% in Esperance, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 33.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 49.2% in Esperance, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.