Geographe

15.0% of Geographe's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1,023 family households lived in Geographe; 29.5% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

28.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Geographe had 3,622 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 92.2% of occupied private dwellings in Geographe.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

40.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

30.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Geographe had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 25.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 44.3%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

6.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

65.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 35.8% of the total.

60.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.0% reported a different address.

20.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.0% of Geographe's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.9% of ancestry responses in Geographe.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.0%.

Median household income was $1,333 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 $360 per week.

Working from home was 6.8% in Geographe, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 40.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 29.7% in Geographe, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.