Kangaroo Gully

16.2% of Kangaroo Gully's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

165 family households lived in Kangaroo Gully; 27.3% were couple families and 7.9% were one-parent families.

23.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Kangaroo Gully had 512 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Kangaroo Gully.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

48.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Kangaroo Gully had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 17.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 55.6%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

62.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

4.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 23.7% of the total.

74.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.8% reported a different address.

28.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

28.7% of Kangaroo Gully's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.3% 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 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.8% of ancestry responses in Kangaroo Gully.

Australian ancestry made up 35.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

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

54.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.6% reported asthma, 13.9% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.2%.

Median household income was $1,604 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,929.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 14.4% in Kangaroo Gully, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 48.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 8.4% in Kangaroo Gully, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.