Hillarys

17.9% of Hillarys's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,341 family households lived in Hillarys; 48.5% were couple families and 10.7% were one-parent families.

33.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Hillarys had 11,200 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 89.4% of occupied private dwellings in Hillarys.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

45.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

41.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Hillarys had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 31.9% had four or more usual residents.

13.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

61.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 23.1% of the total.

75.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.0% reported a different address.

34.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

10.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

34.5% of Hillarys's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.5% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Hillarys.

Australian ancestry made up 31.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

28.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 18.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

36.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.6% worked part time.

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

65.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.0%.

Median household income was $2,465 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 13.0% in Hillarys, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 45.4% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 13.6% in Hillarys, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.