Wonthella

16.2% of Wonthella's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

425 family households lived in Wonthella; 29.9% were couple families and 27.5% were one-parent families.

35.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Wonthella had 1,711 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 80.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wonthella.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

29.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Wonthella had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 41.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 32.8%, while 13.8% had four or more usual residents.

2.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

67.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.5% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 45.8% of the total.

47.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

82.2% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.3% of Wonthella's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Wonthella.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 5.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

49.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.1%.

Median household income was $1,061 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 2.4% in Wonthella, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 29.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 45.0% in Wonthella, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.