Kelmscott

17.6% of Kelmscott's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2,793 family households lived in Kelmscott; 37.2% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

35.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Kelmscott had 10,575 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 81.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kelmscott.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

31.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

41.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.5% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

The average household in Kelmscott had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

67.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

4.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 37.0% of the total.

56.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.3% reported a different address.

29.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

81.5% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

29.2% of Kelmscott's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.8% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in Kelmscott.

Australian ancestry made up 32.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.5%.

Median household income was $1,355 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 4.6% in Kelmscott, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 31.1% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 27.5% in Kelmscott, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.