Shenton Park

20.2% of Shenton Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,159 family households lived in Shenton Park; 50.0% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

43.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Shenton Park had 4,638 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 66.9% of occupied private dwellings in Shenton Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 19.2% of occupied private dwellings.

38.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

28.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Shenton Park had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 29.6%, while 24.5% had four or more usual residents.

13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

44.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

11.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.3% walked or cycled.

7.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 47.5% of the total.

45.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.8% reported a different address.

32.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

81.8% of residents used only English at home.

14.3% used a language other than English at home.

3.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

32.2% of Shenton Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.8% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Shenton Park.

Australian ancestry made up 32.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.9% of responses.

51.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 15.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

34.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

62.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

42.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 24.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 7.6%.

Median household income was $2,313 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,980.

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

Working from home was 13.2% in Shenton Park, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 38.2% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 33.2% in Shenton Park, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.