Port Kennedy

22.1% of Port Kennedy's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

3,735 family households lived in Port Kennedy; 46.3% were couple families and 18.7% were one-parent families.

42.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Port Kennedy had 13,477 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 93.6% of occupied private dwellings in Port Kennedy.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

22.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

54.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Port Kennedy had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 31.7% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

62.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

3.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 30.6% of the total.

66.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.6% reported a different address.

29.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

87.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

29.1% of Port Kennedy's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.6% of ancestry responses in Port Kennedy.

Australian ancestry made up 34.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.4%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.8%.

Median household income was $1,921 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Port Kennedy, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 22.4% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 23.4% in Port Kennedy, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.