Lakelands

26.1% of Lakelands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

1,729 family households lived in Lakelands; 47.1% were couple families and 18.4% were one-parent families.

50.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Lakelands had 6,171 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 99.5% of occupied private dwellings in Lakelands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

20.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

56.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Lakelands had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 31.9%, while 32.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

61.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 36.4% of the total.

61.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.1% reported a different address.

31.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

84.0% of residents used only English at home.

11.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

31.6% of Lakelands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Lakelands.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

14.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

36.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

61.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.9%.

Median household income was $1,804 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,750.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 5.2% in Lakelands, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 20.4% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 23.6% in Lakelands, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.