Greenfields

17.2% of Greenfields's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2,676 family households lived in Greenfields; 32.0% were couple families and 21.9% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Greenfields had 9,869 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 77.6% of occupied private dwellings in Greenfields.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

35.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

38.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.7% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Greenfields had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 36.2%, while 17.3% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

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

3.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

7.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 44.4% of the total.

48.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.0% reported a different address.

22.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

87.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

22.3% of Greenfields's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.8% of ancestry responses in Greenfields.

Australian ancestry made up 39.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

10.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

22.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

47.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 14.8% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.8%.

Median household income was $1,004 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in Greenfields, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 35.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 26.7% in Greenfields, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.