Nickol

30.1% of Nickol's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1,151 family households lived in Nickol; 61.3% were couple families and 8.9% were one-parent families.

58.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Nickol had 4,938 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.1% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in Nickol.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

4.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

20.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

75.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Nickol had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 15.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 26.4%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.

3.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

69.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 19.6% of the total.

78.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

35.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 64.4% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

73.7% of residents used only English at home.

11.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Nickol's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.8% of ancestry responses in Nickol.

Australian ancestry made up 34.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

17.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 9.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

48.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

66.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 2.3% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.1%.

Median household income was $3,736 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,021.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 3.6% in Nickol, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 4.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 75.0% in Nickol, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.