Onslow

24.7% of Onslow's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

193 family households lived in Onslow; 43.0% were couple families and 9.8% were one-parent families.

47.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Onslow had 829 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 82.6% of occupied private dwellings in Onslow.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

19.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

8.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

72.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Onslow had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 38.7%, while 23.7% had four or more usual residents.

3.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

58.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

5.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.3% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.

61.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

33.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 66.5% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

67.4% of residents used only English at home.

12.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.0% of Onslow's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.6% of ancestry responses in Onslow.

Australian ancestry made up 33.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

15.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 14.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

43.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.3% reported asthma, 5.1% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.1%.

Median household income was $2,596 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,825.

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

Working from home was 3.4% in Onslow, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 19.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 72.0% in Onslow, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.