Usher

19.4% of Usher's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

572 family households lived in Usher; 34.6% were couple families and 25.9% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Usher had 2,137 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 88.4% of occupied private dwellings in Usher.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

24.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

42.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Usher had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 21.8% had four or more usual residents.

1.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

72.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% 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 35.4% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.9% reported a different address.

16.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

86.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.9% of Usher's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Usher.

Australian ancestry made up 39.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

10.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 5.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

51.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 58.4%.

Median household income was $1,385 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,351.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 1.8% in Usher, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 24.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 33.6% in Usher, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.