Perth

19.1% of Perth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

1,017 family households lived in Perth; 39.4% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

38.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Perth had 3,472 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 88.6% of occupied private dwellings in Perth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

47.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Perth had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

74.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 30.3% of the total.

67.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

7.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

95.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.9% of Perth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.4% of ancestry responses in Perth.

Australian ancestry made up 46.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

12.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

36.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

56.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 54.3%.

Median household income was $1,449 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,317.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in Perth, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 34.1% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 18.3% in Perth, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..