West Toodyay

13.5% of West Toodyay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

151 family households lived in West Toodyay; 29.8% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

19.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

West Toodyay had 497 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 96.9% of occupied private dwellings in West Toodyay.

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

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

45.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

43.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in West Toodyay had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 44.7%, while 12.1% had four or more usual residents.

18.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

57.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 18.5% of the total.

79.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.2% reported a different address.

19.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.3% of West Toodyay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.5% of ancestry responses in West Toodyay.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

46.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.

Median household income was $1,413 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 18.8% in West Toodyay, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 45.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 11.6% in West Toodyay, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.