Wandi

25.1% of Wandi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

1,291 family households lived in Wandi; 53.4% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

50.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Wandi had 4,324 residents at the 2021 Census.

39.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 97.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wandi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

15.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

64.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.8% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Wandi had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 14.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 32.0%, while 31.9% had four or more usual residents.

7.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

63.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 28.0% of the total.

70.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.1% reported a different address.

36.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

74.7% of residents used only English at home.

22.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

36.4% of Wandi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.6% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

3.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.9% of ancestry responses in Wandi.

Australian ancestry made up 29.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.6% of responses.

23.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 78.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

47.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

70.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 4.4% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.1%.

Median household income was $2,373 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,056.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 7.9% in Wandi, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 15.3% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 19.8% in Wandi, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.