Strathalbyn

17.8% of Strathalbyn's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

349 family households lived in Strathalbyn; 47.0% were couple families and 9.7% were one-parent families.

34.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Strathalbyn had 1,165 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 99.5% of occupied private dwellings in Strathalbyn.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

37.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

53.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Strathalbyn had 2.9 people.

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

Two-person households represented 38.2%, while 34.1% had four or more usual residents.

4.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

71.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 15.9% of the total.

85.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

11.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

89.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.8% of Strathalbyn's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Strathalbyn.

Australian ancestry made up 44.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

41.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

64.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.6%.

Median household income was $2,261 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $318 per week.

Working from home was 4.2% in Strathalbyn, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 37.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 9.4% in Strathalbyn, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.