Mandurah

11.6% of Mandurah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

2,044 family households lived in Mandurah; 20.9% were couple families and 26.1% were one-parent families.

27.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Mandurah had 8,804 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 46.1% of occupied private dwellings in Mandurah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 37.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

28.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

16.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

54.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Mandurah had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 47.2% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 8.5% had four or more usual residents.

4.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

57.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

5.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.9% walked or cycled.

14.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 53.6% of the total.

32.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.9% reported a different address.

27.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

79.8% of residents used only English at home.

8.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

27.0% of Mandurah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Mandurah.

Australian ancestry made up 31.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

20.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

45.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 13.9% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.0%.

Median household income was $858 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 4.8% in Mandurah, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 28.5% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 54.7% in Mandurah, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.