South Carnarvon

16.8% of South Carnarvon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

193 family households lived in South Carnarvon; 24.9% were couple families and 22.8% were one-parent families.

31.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

South Carnarvon had 909 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 86.6% of occupied private dwellings in South Carnarvon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

35.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

27.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in South Carnarvon had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 17.1% had four or more usual residents.

1.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

59.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

4.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.1% walked or cycled.

7.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 40.1% of the total.

50.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

14.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

73.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.1% of South Carnarvon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.9% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.0% of ancestry responses in South Carnarvon.

Australian ancestry made up 33.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.0%.

Median household income was $1,278 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 1.3% in South Carnarvon, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 35.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 37.6% in South Carnarvon, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.