Yakamia

17.3% of Yakamia's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

782 family households lived in Yakamia; 37.2% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Yakamia had 3,025 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 81.6% of occupied private dwellings in Yakamia.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

34.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

28.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Yakamia had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

4.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

71.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

9.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 39.2% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.7% reported a different address.

22.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

9.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

22.3% of Yakamia's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.7% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.1% of ancestry responses in Yakamia.

Australian ancestry made up 41.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

16.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

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

50.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.9%.

Median household income was $1,232 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.2% in Yakamia, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Renting accounted for 37.0% in Yakamia, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.