Golden Bay

25.3% of Golden Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

1,539 family households lived in Golden Bay; 47.0% were couple families and 23.1% were one-parent families.

50.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Golden Bay had 5,681 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 96.6% of occupied private dwellings in Golden Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

15.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

59.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.1% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Golden Bay had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 20.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 29.6%, while 31.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

63.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 33.2% of the total.

64.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.8% reported a different address.

25.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

25.5% of Golden Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.5% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.0% of ancestry responses in Golden Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 38.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.5%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

40.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

65.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 6.0% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.7%.

Median household income was $1,891 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,777.

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

Working from home was 5.6% in Golden Bay, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 15.1% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 25.1% in Golden Bay, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.