Stirling

17.2% of Stirling's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,005 family households lived in Stirling; 49.5% were couple families and 10.3% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Stirling had 10,165 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 86.8% of occupied private dwellings in Stirling.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

39.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.5% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Stirling had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 30.9% had four or more usual residents.

9.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

63.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

4.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 26.1% of the total.

70.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.6% reported a different address.

39.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

62.1% of residents used only English at home.

35.4% used a language other than English at home.

5.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

39.4% of Stirling's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.6% was born in Australia.

3.2% of residents were born in China.

3.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 21.4% of ancestry responses in Stirling.

Australian ancestry made up 19.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 11.1% of responses.

29.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 15.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

38.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

66.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

35.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.4%.

Median household income was $2,221 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,348.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 9.9% in Stirling, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 15.5% in Stirling, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.