Three Springs

19.7% of Three Springs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

83 family households lived in Three Springs; 26.5% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

38.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Three Springs had 356 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 93.4% of occupied private dwellings in Three Springs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

20.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.5% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

The average household in Three Springs had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 39.3%, while 16.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

70.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.7% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 44.3% of the total.

49.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.5% reported a different address.

14.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

78.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.3% of Three Springs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Three Springs.

Australian ancestry made up 36.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

46.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.3%.

Median household income was $1,212 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $596.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $115 per week.

Working from home was 2.5% in Three Springs, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 47.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 32.5% in Three Springs, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.