Halls Creek

25.3% of Halls Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

340 family households lived in Halls Creek; 29.1% were couple families and 43.2% were one-parent families.

59.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Halls Creek had 1,572 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 74.7% of occupied private dwellings in Halls Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

6.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

2.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

91.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Halls Creek had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 22.3%, while 31.1% had four or more usual residents.

2.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

40.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 31.2% walked or cycled.

45.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 36.0% of the total.

19.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.8% reported a different address.

7.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

61.8% of residents used only English at home.

24.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.5% of Halls Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 11.1% of ancestry responses in Halls Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 9.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.9% of workers, and education and training employed 19.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 35.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

22.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 4.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 12.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.2% reported asthma, 1.8% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 4.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.7%.

Median household income was $1,228 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,780.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 2.8% in Halls Creek, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 6.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 91.5% in Halls Creek, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.