Yanchep

25.0% of Yanchep's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3,005 family households lived in Yanchep; 46.8% were couple families and 18.8% were one-parent families.

47.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Yanchep had 11,022 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 97.2% of occupied private dwellings in Yanchep.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

19.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

57.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Yanchep had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 31.7%, while 30.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

59.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

60.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.6% reported a different address.

37.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

85.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

37.7% of Yanchep's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.4% of ancestry responses in Yanchep.

Australian ancestry made up 28.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

60.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.9%.

Median household income was $1,699 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,842.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 6.6% in Yanchep, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 19.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 22.4% in Yanchep, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.