Arthur River

19.7% of Arthur River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

22 family households lived in Arthur River; 40.9% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

13.6% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Arthur River had 66 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Arthur River.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

70.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Arthur River had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 17.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 21.4%, while 32.1% had four or more usual residents.

46.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

51.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.7% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 10.7% of the total.

89.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.6% reported a different address.

15.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

101.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.2% of Arthur River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 97.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 60.6% of ancestry responses in Arthur River.

Australian ancestry made up 56.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 48.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 15.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

40.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 33.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

65.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.6% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 30.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $1,812 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $532.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $92 per week.

Working from home was 46.2% in Arthur River, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 70.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 29.2% in Arthur River, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.