Secret Harbour

25.2% of Secret Harbour's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3,445 family households lived in Secret Harbour; 57.1% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

48.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Secret Harbour had 12,474 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Secret Harbour.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

18.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

61.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Secret Harbour had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Two-person households represented 27.3%, while 41.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

62.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

4.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 23.5% of the total.

75.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.1% reported a different address.

34.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

90.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

34.3% of Secret Harbour's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 52.2% of ancestry responses in Secret Harbour.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

43.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

66.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.5%.

Median household income was $2,492 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 5.8% in Secret Harbour, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 18.6% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 19.7% in Secret Harbour, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.