Morley

16.1% of Morley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

6,252 family households lived in Morley; 41.2% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Morley had 22,539 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

35.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

35.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.8% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Morley had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

66.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

5.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

5.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.

58.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.7% reported a different address.

42.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

59.9% of residents used only English at home.

35.7% used a language other than English at home.

4.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

42.6% of Morley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 57.4% was born in Australia.

3.0% of residents were born in China.

4.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.3% of ancestry responses in Morley.

Australian ancestry made up 21.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.7% of responses.

19.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

35.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

62.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.5%.

Median household income was $1,583 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 5.7% in Morley, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 35.3% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 28.8% in Morley, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.