Harvey

17.5% of Harvey's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

938 family households lived in Harvey; 40.7% were couple families and 14.6% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Harvey had 3,462 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 92.5% of occupied private dwellings in Harvey.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

38.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

30.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Harvey had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 23.2% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

71.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 33.4% of the total.

61.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.7% reported a different address.

27.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

73.2% of residents used only English at home.

20.9% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

27.2% of Harvey's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.8% was born in Australia.

1.5% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.1% of ancestry responses in Harvey.

Australian ancestry made up 31.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

34.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

58.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.9%.

Median household income was $1,425 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Harvey, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 38.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 31.2% in Harvey, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.