Kalgoorlie

16.0% of Kalgoorlie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

821 family households lived in Kalgoorlie; 42.9% were couple families and 14.5% were one-parent families.

39.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Kalgoorlie had 3,711 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 69.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kalgoorlie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.8% of occupied private dwellings.

18.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

33.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

47.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Kalgoorlie had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 35.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 30.4%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

2.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

65.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% walked or cycled.

8.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.5% reported a different address.

31.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

70.2% of residents used only English at home.

19.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

31.8% of Kalgoorlie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.2% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

2.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 71.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.5% of ancestry responses in Kalgoorlie.

Australian ancestry made up 30.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.4% of responses.

16.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

48.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

63.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.3%.

Median household income was $2,095 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 2.5% in Kalgoorlie, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 18.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 47.7% in Kalgoorlie, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.