Southern River

25.2% of Southern River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3,484 family households lived in Southern River; 63.6% were couple families and 11.0% were one-parent families.

51.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Southern River had 12,852 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 97.0% of occupied private dwellings in Southern River.

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

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

20.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

63.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Southern River had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 11.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Two-person households represented 23.3%, while 45.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

67.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

2.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 22.1% of the total.

76.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.3% reported a different address.

47.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

56.3% of residents used only English at home.

40.1% used a language other than English at home.

6.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

47.8% of Southern River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 52.2% was born in Australia.

3.2% of residents were born in China.

7.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.2% of ancestry responses in Southern River.

Australian ancestry made up 20.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 12.9% of responses.

23.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

42.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

72.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

5.6% reported asthma, 3.9% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.3%.

Median household income was $2,364 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Southern River, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 20.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 16.9% in Southern River, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.