Lancelin

10.2% of Lancelin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

164 family households lived in Lancelin; 24.4% were couple families and 9.1% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Lancelin had 786 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 84.0% of occupied private dwellings in Lancelin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

46.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

19.7% 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 Lancelin had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 39.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 40.8%, while 9.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

47.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 38.4% of the total.

57.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.5% reported a different address.

26.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

75.3% of residents used only English at home.

16.4% used a language other than English at home.

5.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

26.7% of Lancelin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.3% 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 76.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.8% of ancestry responses in Lancelin.

Australian ancestry made up 29.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.4% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.6% of workers, and education and training employed 3.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.0%.

Median household income was $1,071 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $253 per week.

Working from home was 7.2% in Lancelin, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 46.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

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