Mahomets Flats

17.9% of Mahomets Flats's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

203 family households lived in Mahomets Flats; 34.0% were couple families and 24.1% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Mahomets Flats had 806 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.8% 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 69.9% of occupied private dwellings in Mahomets Flats.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 32.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

29.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

32.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Mahomets Flats had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 38.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 14.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

75.2% 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 2.0% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 42.6% of the total.

53.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

85.5% of residents used only English at home.

7.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.4% of Mahomets Flats's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% 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 87.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.4% of ancestry responses in Mahomets Flats.

Australian ancestry made up 40.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 5.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

35.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

58.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.8%.

Median household income was $1,406 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 2.8% in Mahomets Flats, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 29.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 38.3% in Mahomets Flats, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.