Witchcliffe

23.6% of Witchcliffe's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

131 family households lived in Witchcliffe; 48.9% were couple families and 8.4% were one-parent families.

45.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Witchcliffe had 484 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in Witchcliffe.

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

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

28.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

46.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Witchcliffe had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 15.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.3%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

57.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% 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 15.9% of the total.

80.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

39.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 60.9% reported a different address.

25.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

84.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

25.2% of Witchcliffe's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.8% 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 81.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.3% of ancestry responses in Witchcliffe.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

63.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 8.1% arthritis and 1.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.1%.

Median household income was $2,008 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,962.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 15.4% in Witchcliffe, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 28.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 24.8% in Witchcliffe, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.