Geraldton

14.1% of Geraldton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

716 family households lived in Geraldton; 28.8% were couple families and 19.6% were one-parent families.

29.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Geraldton had 3,246 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 64.4% of occupied private dwellings in Geraldton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 30.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

22.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Geraldton had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 11.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

60.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.2% walked or cycled.

12.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 45.4% of the total.

42.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.7% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

77.4% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Geraldton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.3% of ancestry responses in Geraldton.

Australian ancestry made up 33.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

23.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

47.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.3%.

Median household income was $1,142 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 4.4% in Geraldton, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 45.3% in Geraldton, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.