Katanning

19.2% of Katanning's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

896 family households lived in Katanning; 36.3% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Katanning had 3,637 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.3% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Separate houses made up 89.3% of occupied private dwellings in Katanning.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

33.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

32.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Katanning had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 21.3% had four or more usual residents.

2.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

69.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

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

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 35.3% of the total.

57.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.

23.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

67.4% of residents used only English at home.

21.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

23.0% of Katanning's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.0% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.8%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 32.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

57.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,308 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,005.

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

Working from home was 2.9% in Katanning, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 33.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 34.1% in Katanning, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.