Perup

14.3% of Perup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

44 family households lived in Perup; 29.5% were couple families and 9.1% were one-parent families.

20.5% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Perup had 161 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 93.0% of occupied private dwellings in Perup.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

56.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

27.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Perup had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 42.3%, while 11.5% had four or more usual residents.

26.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

53.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 15.1% of the total.

84.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.5% reported a different address.

11.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

83.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

3.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.8% of Perup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Perup.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 33.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

38.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.4%.

Median household income was $1,968 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 26.6% in Perup, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 56.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 16.4% in Perup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.