Hopetoun

18.7% of Hopetoun's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

283 family households lived in Hopetoun; 30.7% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Hopetoun had 1,115 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.2% of occupied private dwellings in Hopetoun.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.

45.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

17.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Hopetoun had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 39.1%, while 14.3% had four or more usual residents.

5.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

52.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

13.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.2% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 44.9% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.7% reported a different address.

20.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

83.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

20.7% of Hopetoun's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.3% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Hopetoun.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

30.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.9%.

Median household income was $1,542 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,088.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 5.2% in Hopetoun, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 45.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 36.9% in Hopetoun, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.