Merredin

19.3% of Merredin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

632 family households lived in Merredin; 38.6% were couple families and 15.3% were one-parent families.

40.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Merredin had 2,604 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Merredin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

32.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

33.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Merredin had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

69.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 36.5% of the total.

57.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

11.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

83.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.9% of Merredin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in Merredin.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

12.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

34.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $1,396 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,074.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Merredin, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 32.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 33.8% in Merredin, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.