Hammond Park

27.8% of Hammond Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

1,978 family households lived in Hammond Park; 55.2% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

55.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Hammond Park had 6,985 residents at the 2021 Census.

41.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 85.4% of occupied private dwellings in Hammond Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

10.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

66.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Hammond Park had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 14.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 34.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

64.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

5.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 30.2% of the total.

68.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

37.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

69.0% of residents used only English at home.

27.2% used a language other than English at home.

3.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

37.9% of Hammond Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.1% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

5.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.1% of ancestry responses in Hammond Park.

Australian ancestry made up 27.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.0% of responses.

24.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 82.3%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

52.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

72.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 3.2% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.0%.

Median household income was $2,446 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Hammond Park, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 10.1% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 23.8% in Hammond Park, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.