Meckering

19.4% of Meckering's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

57 family households lived in Meckering; 38.6% were couple families and 10.5% were one-parent families.

43.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Meckering had 232 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 102.6% of occupied private dwellings in Meckering.

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

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

55.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

32.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Meckering had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 35.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 21.3% had four or more usual residents.

9.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

54.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% 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 26.9% of the total.

75.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.0% reported a different address.

15.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.5% of Meckering's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.5% 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 82.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in Meckering.

Australian ancestry made up 49.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 16.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.2% of workers, and education and training employed 14.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

25.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

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

46.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 8.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

5.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.8%.

Median household income was $1,083 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $183 per week.

Working from home was 9.7% in Meckering, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 55.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 11.7% in Meckering, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.