Preston Beach

6.3% of Preston Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

60 family households lived in Preston Beach; 20.0% were couple families and 8.3% were one-parent families.

5.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Preston Beach had 268 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

65.7% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Preston Beach.

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

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

54.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Preston Beach had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 39.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 51.4%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

60.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

4.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.2% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 42.3% of the total.

52.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.8% reported a different address.

20.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

82.8% of residents used only English at home.

1.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

20.1% of Preston Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.9% 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 79.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.1% of ancestry responses in Preston Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 26.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 30.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

16.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

39.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.1% reported asthma, 16.0% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.1%.

Median household income was $850 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,138.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 7.0% in Preston Beach, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 54.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 19.6% in Preston Beach, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.