Bobalong

15.6% of Bobalong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

14 family households lived in Bobalong; 64.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Bobalong had 45 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.1% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Separate houses made up 107.1% of occupied private dwellings in Bobalong.

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

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

78.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

21.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Bobalong had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 60.0%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

42.9% 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 10.7% 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 33.3% of the total.

53.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.1% reported a different address.

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

95.6% 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 Bobalong'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 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.7% of ancestry responses in Bobalong.

Australian ancestry made up 71.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 50.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.7% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 79.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

53.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

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

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 15.6% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

50.0% 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 22.2%.

Median household income was $1,624 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $185 per week.

Working from home was 17.9% in Bobalong, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 78.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Bobalong, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.