Pegs Creek

20.3% of Pegs Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

446 family households lived in Pegs Creek; 43.0% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

45.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Pegs Creek had 2,050 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.1% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 58.5% of occupied private dwellings in Pegs Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 20.0% of occupied private dwellings.

8.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

30.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

61.4% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Pegs Creek had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 21.1% had four or more usual residents.

2.1% 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.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.6% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 39.0% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

26.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

66.0% of residents used only English at home.

15.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

26.0% of Pegs Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 65.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.6% of ancestry responses in Pegs Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 26.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

50.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

61.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 3.9% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.0%.

Median household income was $2,420 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $367 per week.

Working from home was 2.1% in Pegs Creek, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 8.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 61.4% in Pegs Creek, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.