Glenfield

24.6% of Glenfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

289 family households lived in Glenfield; 42.9% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

42.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Glenfield had 1,009 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 97.2% of occupied private dwellings in Glenfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

29.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

35.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Glenfield had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 38.3%, while 25.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

65.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

0.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 24.8% of the total.

72.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.4% reported a different address.

16.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

87.5% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.7% of Glenfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Glenfield.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

41.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.6% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.1%.

Median household income was $1,973 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.6% in Glenfield, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 29.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 34.8% in Glenfield, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.