Wattle Grove

27.5% of Wattle Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

1,724 family households lived in Wattle Grove; 62.4% were couple families and 11.2% were one-parent families.

55.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Wattle Grove had 6,547 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 99.7% of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Grove.

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

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

21.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

64.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Wattle Grove had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 11.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Two-person households represented 24.6%, while 47.2% had four or more usual residents.

6.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

69.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

2.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 21.5% of the total.

77.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.4% reported a different address.

39.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

55.9% of residents used only English at home.

38.9% used a language other than English at home.

5.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.6% spoke Cantonese and 1.7% spoke Hindi.

39.1% of Wattle Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.9% was born in Australia.

2.9% of residents were born in China.

8.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.7% of ancestry responses in Wattle Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 24.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.6% of responses.

22.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

43.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

69.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 4.4% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.0%.

Median household income was $2,377 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,993.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 6.7% in Wattle Grove, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 21.2% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 14.8% in Wattle Grove, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.