Spalding

21.0% of Spalding's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

471 family households lived in Spalding; 32.1% were couple families and 27.6% were one-parent families.

38.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Spalding had 1,992 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in Spalding.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

32.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Spalding had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 18.7% had four or more usual residents.

2.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

69.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

7.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 39.8% of the total.

52.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.2% reported a different address.

9.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

76.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.9% of Spalding's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.5% of ancestry responses in Spalding.

Australian ancestry made up 35.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

7.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 8.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

24.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

44.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 8.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

5.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.1%.

Median household income was $1,061 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,211.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 2.0% in Spalding, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 33.1% in Spalding, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.