Lower Chittering

20.8% of Lower Chittering's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

664 family households lived in Lower Chittering; 51.5% were couple families and 8.7% were one-parent families.

38.7% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Lower Chittering had 2,408 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 100.4% of occupied private dwellings in Lower Chittering.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

21.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

72.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Lower Chittering had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 10.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 37.4% had four or more usual residents.

9.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

63.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 9.9% of the total.

89.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.7% reported a different address.

27.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

27.2% of Lower Chittering's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.9% of ancestry responses in Lower Chittering.

Australian ancestry made up 39.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

40.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.1%.

Median household income was $2,612 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,271.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $463 per week.

Working from home was 9.1% in Lower Chittering, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 21.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 5.7% in Lower Chittering, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.