Woodvale

18.0% of Woodvale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2,893 family households lived in Woodvale; 50.0% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

34.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Woodvale had 9,579 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 92.6% of occupied private dwellings in Woodvale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

43.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

47.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.7% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Woodvale had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 35.2%, while 32.1% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

62.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

4.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 25.5% of the total.

72.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.7% reported a different address.

37.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

37.6% of Woodvale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.4% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.3% of ancestry responses in Woodvale.

Australian ancestry made up 30.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

25.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

37.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

64.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.1%.

Median household income was $2,339 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $480 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Woodvale, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 43.3% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 9.7% in Woodvale, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.