Willetton

21.9% of Willetton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

5,328 family households lived in Willetton; 59.7% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

45.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Willetton had 19,262 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 90.0% of occupied private dwellings in Willetton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

40.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

40.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Willetton had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 14.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 25.3%, while 41.8% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

62.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% 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 27.9% of the total.

70.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.

52.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

52.8% of residents used only English at home.

44.8% used a language other than English at home.

14.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.8% spoke Cantonese and 1.8% spoke Hindi.

52.1% of Willetton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 47.9% was born in Australia.

7.1% of residents were born in China.

8.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.7% of ancestry responses in Willetton.

Australian ancestry made up 18.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 26.3% of responses.

33.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 10.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

35.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

69.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 6.0% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

38.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.8%.

Median household income was $2,178 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in Willetton, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 40.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 20.1% in Willetton, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.