Kambalda West

22.3% of Kambalda West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

407 family households lived in Kambalda West; 42.8% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

45.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Kambalda West had 1,666 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 87.0% of occupied private dwellings in Kambalda West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

24.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

34.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Kambalda West had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.7% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

1.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

65.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

4.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

64.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.0% reported a different address.

18.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

79.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.5% of Kambalda West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.5% 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 72.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.0% of ancestry responses in Kambalda West.

Australian ancestry made up 37.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

9.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 4.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

54.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 6.5% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.9%.

Median household income was $2,217 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 1.7% in Kambalda West, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 24.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 40.8% in Kambalda West, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.