Waroona

17.1% of Waroona's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

780 family households lived in Waroona; 37.6% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

33.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Waroona had 2,868 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 90.5% of occupied private dwellings in Waroona.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

35.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Waroona had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 38.6%, while 20.7% had four or more usual residents.

6.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

65.0% 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 3.4% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 30.7% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.9% reported a different address.

17.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

85.7% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.7% of Waroona's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.3% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Waroona.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

7.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

27.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

52.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.9%.

Median household income was $1,264 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 6.0% in Waroona, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 44.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Waroona, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.