Wandina

26.1% of Wandina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1,177 family households lived in Wandina; 51.3% were couple families and 13.9% were one-parent families.

49.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Wandina had 4,375 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 89.6% of occupied private dwellings in Wandina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

23.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

45.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Wandina had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 31.7%, while 34.8% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

72.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 26.9% of the total.

71.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.6% reported a different address.

18.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

81.4% of residents used only English at home.

12.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

18.4% of Wandina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

2.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.4% of ancestry responses in Wandina.

Australian ancestry made up 38.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

21.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

41.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

62.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.3%.

Median household income was $2,238 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,790.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Wandina, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 23.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 31.2% in Wandina, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.