Tom Price

31.3% of Tom Price's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

637 family households lived in Tom Price; 61.2% were couple families and 6.6% were one-parent families.

58.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Tom Price had 2,910 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

10.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 91.2% of occupied private dwellings in Tom Price.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

5.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

2.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

92.1% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Tom Price had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 20.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 27.5%, while 38.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

46.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

17.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

62.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

29.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 70.2% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

75.9% of residents used only English at home.

10.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.6% of Tom Price's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.4% of ancestry responses in Tom Price.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

50.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 2.7% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $3,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $48 per week.

Working from home was 2.3% in Tom Price, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 5.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 92.1% in Tom Price, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.