Walpole

9.6% of Walpole's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

114 family households lived in Walpole; 18.4% were couple families and 7.9% were one-parent families.

18.4% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Walpole had 429 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 96.4% of occupied private dwellings in Walpole.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

54.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

19.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Walpole had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 41.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 47.2%, while 6.5% had four or more usual residents.

8.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

48.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.8% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 46.4% of the total.

50.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.4% reported a different address.

21.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

90.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

21.7% of Walpole's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 52.9% of ancestry responses in Walpole.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 21.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

18.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

49.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 17.5% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.7%.

Median household income was $764 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $999.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $221 per week.

Working from home was 8.0% in Walpole, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 54.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 25.9% in Walpole, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.