Wyalkatchem

12.0% of Wyalkatchem's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

77 family households lived in Wyalkatchem; 23.4% were couple families and 18.2% were one-parent families.

31.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Wyalkatchem had 358 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Wyalkatchem.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

52.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

19.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Wyalkatchem had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 48.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 6.6% had four or more usual residents.

7.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

62.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.7% walked or cycled.

7.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 42.1% of the total.

51.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.2% reported a different address.

16.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

84.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.8% of Wyalkatchem's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Wyalkatchem.

Australian ancestry made up 33.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 24.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

41.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 18.4% arthritis and 10.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.0%.

Median household income was $781 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $542.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $155 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 52.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 28.0% in Wyalkatchem, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.