Piara Waters

30.5% of Piara Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

4,144 family households lived in Piara Waters; 66.7% were couple families and 9.0% were one-parent families.

62.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Piara Waters had 15,029 residents at the 2021 Census.

43.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

8.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in Piara Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

8.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

75.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Piara Waters had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 11.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Two-person households represented 21.6%, while 45.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

67.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 23.1% of the total.

76.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.1% reported a different address.

50.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

51.5% of residents used only English at home.

45.8% used a language other than English at home.

5.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.4% spoke Hindi.

50.1% of Piara Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 49.9% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

15.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.4% of ancestry responses in Piara Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 19.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 10.0% of responses.

26.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 80.2%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

49.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

78.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

5.1% reported asthma, 2.4% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

35.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.4%.

Median household income was $2,477 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,054.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 6.3% in Piara Waters, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 8.2% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 16.1% in Piara Waters, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.