Waikiki

20.3% of Waikiki's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,427 family households lived in Waikiki; 42.7% were couple families and 18.4% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Waikiki had 12,453 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 97.7% of occupied private dwellings in Waikiki.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

29.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

47.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Waikiki had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 23.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 25.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

62.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

4.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.

62.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.1% reported a different address.

30.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

85.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

30.4% of Waikiki's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.9% of ancestry responses in Waikiki.

Australian ancestry made up 33.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

33.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

55.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.0%.

Median household income was $1,611 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in Waikiki, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 29.5% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Renting accounted for 23.5% in Waikiki, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.