South Kalgoorlie

23.1% of South Kalgoorlie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1,090 family households lived in South Kalgoorlie; 45.0% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

45.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

South Kalgoorlie had 4,416 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 83.2% of occupied private dwellings in South Kalgoorlie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

17.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

45.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in South Kalgoorlie had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 31.1%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

1.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

68.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

2.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.

61.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.9% reported a different address.

26.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

76.1% of residents used only English at home.

15.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

26.6% of South Kalgoorlie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.3% of ancestry responses in South Kalgoorlie.

Australian ancestry made up 32.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 6.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.9% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

46.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.8% worked part time.

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

62.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.9% reported asthma, 6.7% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.7%.

Median household income was $2,187 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,472.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 1.8% in South Kalgoorlie, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 17.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 37.1% in South Kalgoorlie, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.