Parmelia

19.9% of Parmelia's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,619 family households lived in Parmelia; 37.8% were couple families and 26.1% were one-parent families.

39.7% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Parmelia had 6,184 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.1% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Separate houses made up 94.3% of occupied private dwellings in Parmelia.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

24.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

46.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.9% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Parmelia had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

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

65.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 40.3% of the total.

53.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.9% reported a different address.

30.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

78.7% of residents used only English at home.

14.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

30.4% of Parmelia's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.5% of ancestry responses in Parmelia.

Australian ancestry made up 30.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

9.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 5.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.5%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

30.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.1%.

Median household income was $1,297 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 $280 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Parmelia, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 24.6% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 28.9% in Parmelia, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.