Maddington

21.3% of Maddington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,058 family households lived in Maddington; 49.3% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

46.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Maddington had 12,419 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 84.2% of occupied private dwellings in Maddington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

24.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

46.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.3% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Maddington had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 26.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 28.1%, while 29.5% had four or more usual residents.

3.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

68.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

4.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

6.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

56.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.7% reported a different address.

44.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

52.3% of residents used only English at home.

40.3% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

44.6% of Maddington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 55.4% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

6.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.1% of ancestry responses in Maddington.

Australian ancestry made up 22.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.3% of responses.

10.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 5.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.2%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

61.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 7.7% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.8%.

Median household income was $1,364 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,509.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 3.2% in Maddington, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 24.2% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 29.3% in Maddington, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.