Shadforth

20.8% of Shadforth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

208 family households lived in Shadforth; 35.6% were couple families and 10.6% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Shadforth had 715 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Shadforth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

57.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

32.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Shadforth had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 13.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 51.2%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% 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 25.7% of the total.

74.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.4% reported a different address.

26.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

26.2% of Shadforth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.8% 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 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.8% of ancestry responses in Shadforth.

Australian ancestry made up 35.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

27.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 23.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

25.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.0%.

Median household income was $1,361 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 16.0% in Shadforth, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 57.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 10.3% in Shadforth, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.