Spencer Park

15.9% of Spencer Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

850 family households lived in Spencer Park; 29.5% were couple families and 22.6% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Spencer Park had 3,445 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 86.2% of occupied private dwellings in Spencer Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

32.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

27.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Spencer Park had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

3.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

70.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

8.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 44.6% of the total.

46.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

21.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

21.0% of Spencer Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.4% of ancestry responses in Spencer Park.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

24.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

48.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 14.8% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.1%.

Median household income was $1,076 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 3.1% in Spencer Park, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 32.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 39.7% in Spencer Park, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.