Balbarrup

11.8% of Balbarrup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

41 family households lived in Balbarrup; 48.8% were couple families and 9.8% were one-parent families.

14.6% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Balbarrup had 144 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

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

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

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

46.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

44.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Balbarrup had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 18.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 46.0%, while 16.0% had four or more usual residents.

12.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

61.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.2% 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 18.0% of the total.

88.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.8% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

95.1% 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.

11.1% of Balbarrup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% 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 90.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.4% of ancestry responses in Balbarrup.

Australian ancestry made up 45.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 18.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 78.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

46.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

66.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 2.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.2% 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 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 54.7%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 12.4% in Balbarrup, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 46.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 9.3% in Balbarrup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.