Vasse

24.8% of Vasse's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

790 family households lived in Vasse; 49.2% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

47.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Vasse had 2,853 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Vasse.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

33.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

50.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Vasse had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 32.0%, while 36.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

64.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

0.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 25.2% of the total.

74.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.5% reported a different address.

15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

92.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.9% of Vasse's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.1% of ancestry responses in Vasse.

Australian ancestry made up 42.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

13.6% 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 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

62.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.9%.

Median household income was $1,810 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Vasse, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 33.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Renting accounted for 15.5% in Vasse, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.