Little Grove

17.3% of Little Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

445 family households lived in Little Grove; 38.9% were couple families and 9.9% were one-parent families.

31.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Little Grove had 1,508 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Little Grove.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

35.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Little Grove had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 40.5%, while 24.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

72.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 23.6% of the total.

74.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.2% reported a different address.

18.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

93.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.8% of Little Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.2% 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 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 52.7% of ancestry responses in Little Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

20.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,570 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,610.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 6.5% in Little Grove, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 49.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 15.1% in Little Grove, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.