Mount Claremont

18.4% of Mount Claremont's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,334 family households lived in Mount Claremont; 54.3% were couple families and 11.8% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Mount Claremont had 4,999 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 77.6% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Claremont.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

44.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

37.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.3% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Mount Claremont had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 24.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 28.3%, while 32.3% had four or more usual residents.

14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

56.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

7.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

One-car households formed 31.4% of the total.

63.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

32.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

81.5% of residents used only English at home.

14.1% used a language other than English at home.

3.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

32.4% of Mount Claremont's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.6% was born in Australia.

2.1% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in Mount Claremont.

Australian ancestry made up 31.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.2% of responses.

44.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 20.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.5%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

63.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

43.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 9.2%.

Median household income was $2,835 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,033.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 14.4% in Mount Claremont, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 44.8% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 17.3% in Mount Claremont, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.