Benjinup

25.9% of Benjinup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

37 family households lived in Benjinup; 37.8% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

43.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Benjinup had 143 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Separate houses made up 98.1% of occupied private dwellings in Benjinup.

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

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

53.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

37.2% 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 Benjinup had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.8%, while 26.4% had four or more usual residents.

36.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

41.8% 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 3.8% 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 15.1% of the total.

71.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.8% reported a different address.

16.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

87.4% 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.

16.1% of Benjinup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.9% 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 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.5% of ancestry responses in Benjinup.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 36.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.1% of workers, and education and training employed 13.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

54.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

65.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

3.5% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.1%.

Median household income was $1,395 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $233 per week.

Working from home was 36.7% in Benjinup, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 53.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

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