Bencubbin

13.3% of Bencubbin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

44 family households lived in Bencubbin; 43.2% were couple families and 20.5% were one-parent families.

40.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Bencubbin had 203 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 98.7% of occupied private dwellings in Bencubbin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

14.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Bencubbin had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 43.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

46.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

5.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.9% 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 34.6% of the total.

62.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.4% reported a different address.

11.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

1.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.3% of Bencubbin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.7% 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 83.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.2% of ancestry responses in Bencubbin.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 29.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

48.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.4%.

Median household income was $1,339 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $675.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $110 per week.

Working from home was 16.8% in Bencubbin, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 49.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 36.2% in Bencubbin, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.