Sorrento

17.4% of Sorrento's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2,270 family households lived in Sorrento; 49.8% were couple families and 7.7% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Sorrento had 7,795 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 80.7% of occupied private dwellings in Sorrento.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

49.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

38.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.3% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Sorrento had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 31.5% had four or more usual residents.

12.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 22.3% of the total.

75.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.8% reported a different address.

29.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

9.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

29.1% of Sorrento's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Sorrento.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

30.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 18.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

33.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

63.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.8%.

Median household income was $2,472 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $480 per week.

Working from home was 12.2% in Sorrento, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 49.8% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 11.3% in Sorrento, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.