Wembley Downs

20.9% of Wembley Downs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1,847 family households lived in Wembley Downs; 53.7% were couple families and 12.3% were one-parent families.

41.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Wembley Downs had 6,743 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 72.8% of occupied private dwellings in Wembley Downs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

43.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

40.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Wembley Downs had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 32.5% had four or more usual residents.

12.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

62.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

3.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 28.5% of the total.

68.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.2% reported a different address.

30.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

14.3% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

30.4% of Wembley Downs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.6% was born in Australia.

1.6% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in Wembley Downs.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.5% of responses.

39.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 19.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

36.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

67.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 6.6% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.2%.

Median household income was $2,626 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,762.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $470 per week.

Working from home was 12.0% in Wembley Downs, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 43.2% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 15.9% in Wembley Downs, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.