Wellard

26.1% of Wellard's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3,844 family households lived in Wellard; 55.7% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

54.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Wellard had 14,127 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 95.2% of occupied private dwellings in Wellard.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

9.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

65.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.9% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Wellard had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 35.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

60.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

8.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 31.4% of the total.

65.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.2% reported a different address.

42.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

63.9% of residents used only English at home.

31.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

42.5% of Wellard's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 57.5% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

6.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.1% of ancestry responses in Wellard.

Australian ancestry made up 24.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

17.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

45.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

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

69.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 4.3% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.8%.

Median household income was $2,115 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,902.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 4.9% in Wellard, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 9.1% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 25.9% in Wellard, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.