Margaret River

21.6% of Margaret River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

2,252 family households lived in Margaret River; 44.4% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

46.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Margaret River had 8,918 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 91.6% of occupied private dwellings in Margaret River.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

29.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

42.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Margaret River had 2.6 people.

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

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

58.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.3% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 33.6% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.2% reported a different address.

24.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

82.8% of residents used only English at home.

10.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

24.8% of Margaret River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.0% of ancestry responses in Margaret River.

Australian ancestry made up 34.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

18.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

64.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 1.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.9%.

Median household income was $1,640 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,694.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 10.0% in Margaret River, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 29.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 27.5% in Margaret River, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.