Gosnells

20.4% of Gosnells's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

5,248 family households lived in Gosnells; 42.6% were couple families and 22.2% were one-parent families.

42.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Gosnells had 21,149 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 80.9% of occupied private dwellings in Gosnells.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

27.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

40.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Gosnells had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 31.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 29.3%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

3.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

68.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

4.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 40.1% of the total.

52.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.6% reported a different address.

36.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

66.8% of residents used only English at home.

26.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

36.5% of Gosnells's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.5% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

3.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.7% of ancestry responses in Gosnells.

Australian ancestry made up 27.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

10.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 5.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

30.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.8%.

Median household income was $1,254 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 3.5% in Gosnells, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 27.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 32.8% in Gosnells, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.