Kambalda East

20.9% of Kambalda East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

137 family households lived in Kambalda East; 38.0% were couple families and 13.1% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Kambalda East had 802 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kambalda East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

27.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

41.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.9% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Kambalda East had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.

2.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

4.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 37.1% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.2% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

60.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.8% of Kambalda East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 54.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.8% of ancestry responses in Kambalda East.

Australian ancestry made up 30.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 3.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 2.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

40.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

4.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 4.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $1,839 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $170 per week.

Working from home was 2.3% in Kambalda East, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 27.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 30.9% in Kambalda East, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.