Harrisdale

29.0% of Harrisdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3,254 family households lived in Harrisdale; 64.4% were couple families and 11.1% were one-parent families.

59.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Harrisdale had 11,667 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 98.5% of occupied private dwellings in Harrisdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

11.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

68.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.3% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Harrisdale had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 10.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Two-person households represented 22.7%, while 45.4% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

66.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% 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 25.4% of the total.

73.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.8% reported a different address.

50.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

52.5% of residents used only English at home.

44.5% used a language other than English at home.

5.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.6% spoke Cantonese and 2.2% spoke Hindi.

50.7% of Harrisdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 49.3% was born in Australia.

2.3% of residents were born in China.

14.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.5% of ancestry responses in Harrisdale.

Australian ancestry made up 19.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 11.0% of responses.

25.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 11.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 78.3%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

48.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

75.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 3.0% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.9%.

Median household income was $2,412 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 $420 per week.

Working from home was 7.0% in Harrisdale, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 11.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 20.3% in Harrisdale, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.