Somerville

24.2% of Somerville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1,037 family households lived in Somerville; 55.4% were couple families and 8.8% were one-parent families.

47.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Somerville had 4,165 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 72.5% of occupied private dwellings in Somerville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

16.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

45.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Somerville had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 21.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 31.2% had four or more usual residents.

3.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

71.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 26.4% of the total.

70.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.0% reported a different address.

25.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

75.2% of residents used only English at home.

15.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

25.8% of Somerville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.2% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.4% of ancestry responses in Somerville.

Australian ancestry made up 33.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

53.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

68.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 3.4% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.5%.

Median household income was $2,996 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,123.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 3.4% in Somerville, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 16.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 38.1% in Somerville, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.