Mount Tarcoola

20.5% of Mount Tarcoola's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

905 family households lived in Mount Tarcoola; 38.8% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Mount Tarcoola had 3,257 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 95.2% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Tarcoola.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

31.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

42.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Mount Tarcoola had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 38.0%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

73.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 34.8% of the total.

62.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.0% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

85.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

14.7% of Mount Tarcoola's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in Mount Tarcoola.

Australian ancestry made up 41.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

17.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.5%.

Median household income was $1,792 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Mount Tarcoola, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 31.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 25.7% in Mount Tarcoola, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.