Northam

19.2% of Northam's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

1,650 family households lived in Northam; 33.5% were couple families and 21.5% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Northam had 6,679 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 92.4% of occupied private dwellings in Northam.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

36.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

32.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Northam had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

68.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.7% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 36.6% of the total.

56.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.3% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

82.3% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

14.8% of Northam's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% 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 84.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.6% of ancestry responses in Northam.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

30.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

50.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.5%.

Median household income was $1,246 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Northam, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 36.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 31.1% in Northam, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.