South Yunderup

17.5% of South Yunderup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,119 family households lived in South Yunderup; 33.2% were couple families and 14.5% were one-parent families.

31.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

South Yunderup had 3,860 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in South Yunderup.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

38.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

38.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in South Yunderup had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 21.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 44.9%, while 19.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

59.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 33.1% of the total.

65.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.1% reported a different address.

18.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.9% of South Yunderup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.6% of ancestry responses in South Yunderup.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

11.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

29.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.1%.

Median household income was $1,518 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,824.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $335 per week.

Working from home was 6.5% in South Yunderup, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 38.9% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 22.4% in South Yunderup, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.