Goomalling

16.1% of Goomalling's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

121 family households lived in Goomalling; 31.4% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Goomalling had 508 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 86.9% of occupied private dwellings in Goomalling.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

28.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Goomalling had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.4%, while 12.4% had four or more usual residents.

9.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

62.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.6% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 41.3% of the total.

53.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.1% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.0% of Goomalling's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Goomalling.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

25.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

45.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.9%.

Median household income was $923 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $934.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 9.1% in Goomalling, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 47.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 24.5% in Goomalling, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.