Middleton Beach

12.4% of Middleton Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

196 family households lived in Middleton Beach; 28.1% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

30.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Middleton Beach had 759 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 83.5% of occupied private dwellings in Middleton Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

17.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Middleton Beach had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 37.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 12.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

66.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 42.7% of the total.

55.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.3% reported a different address.

16.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

91.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.1% of Middleton Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 53.8% of ancestry responses in Middleton Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 38.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

29.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 20.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

26.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

57.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.6%.

Median household income was $1,467 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,750.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 8.2% in Middleton Beach, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 49.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 33.1% in Middleton Beach, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.