Pemberton

15.1% of Pemberton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

210 family households lived in Pemberton; 34.8% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Pemberton had 861 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 95.7% of occupied private dwellings in Pemberton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

46.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

35.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Pemberton had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

7.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

57.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.2% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 35.0% of the total.

58.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.1% reported a different address.

20.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

84.2% of residents used only English at home.

7.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.3% of Pemberton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.8% of ancestry responses in Pemberton.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 17.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

59.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.3%.

Median household income was $1,151 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 7.6% in Pemberton, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 46.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 17.9% in Pemberton, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.