Mirrabooka

21.1% of Mirrabooka's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,960 family households lived in Mirrabooka; 50.8% were couple families and 21.7% were one-parent families.

40.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Mirrabooka had 8,000 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.2% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Separate houses made up 85.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mirrabooka.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

29.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

38.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Mirrabooka had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 22.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 25.0%, while 35.8% had four or more usual residents.

3.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

70.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

7.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 33.1% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.0% reported a different address.

52.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

34.2% of residents used only English at home.

59.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

52.3% of Mirrabooka's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 47.7% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.2% of ancestry responses in Mirrabooka.

Australian ancestry made up 13.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.9% of responses.

10.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 5.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

26.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

63.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.4%.

Median household income was $1,267 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,493.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 3.3% in Mirrabooka, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 29.8% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Renting accounted for 31.5% in Mirrabooka, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.