Padbury

21.3% of Padbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2,525 family households lived in Padbury; 45.9% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Padbury had 8,626 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.2% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

32.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

50.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Padbury had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 20.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 26.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

4.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 29.9% of the total.

68.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.0% reported a different address.

31.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

10.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

31.9% of Padbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.1% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.3% of ancestry responses in Padbury.

Australian ancestry made up 33.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

24.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

39.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

63.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.8%.

Median household income was $2,065 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in Padbury, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 32.8% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 16.7% in Padbury, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.