Spearwood

15.3% of Spearwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

3,008 family households lived in Spearwood; 38.0% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Spearwood had 10,944 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 73.6% of occupied private dwellings in Spearwood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

36.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

34.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.6% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Spearwood had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 18.3% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

68.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 39.5% of the total.

54.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

35.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

70.9% of residents used only English at home.

25.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

35.0% of Spearwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.5% of ancestry responses in Spearwood.

Australian ancestry made up 26.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

17.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

34.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,448 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Spearwood, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 36.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 29.6% in Spearwood, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.