Forrestfield

18.9% of Forrestfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

3,652 family households lived in Forrestfield; 40.7% were couple families and 18.7% were one-parent families.

38.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Forrestfield had 13,181 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 88.6% of occupied private dwellings in Forrestfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

29.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

47.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Forrestfield had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 22.2% had four or more usual residents.

4.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

70.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

2.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 33.5% of the total.

62.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.8% reported a different address.

29.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

80.3% of residents used only English at home.

14.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

29.1% of Forrestfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.9% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

2.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.4% of ancestry responses in Forrestfield.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

38.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.8%.

Median household income was $1,614 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

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

Working from home was 4.9% in Forrestfield, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 29.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Renting accounted for 23.3% in Forrestfield, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.