Balingup

11.5% of Balingup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

155 family households lived in Balingup; 26.5% were couple families and 7.1% were one-parent families.

22.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Balingup had 565 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

55.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Balingup.

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

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

57.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

30.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Balingup had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 37.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 44.1%, while 14.6% had four or more usual residents.

20.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

47.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 38.6% of the total.

59.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

25.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

91.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

25.8% of Balingup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.2% 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 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.7% of ancestry responses in Balingup.

Australian ancestry made up 34.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 23.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.4% of workers, and education and training employed 13.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

24.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

51.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.3%.

Median household income was $944 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,348.

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

Working from home was 20.4% in Balingup, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 57.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 12.0% in Balingup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.