Boscabel

16.9% of Boscabel's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

11 family households lived in Boscabel; 72.7% were couple families and 36.4% were one-parent families.

63.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Boscabel had 71 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 108.3% of occupied private dwellings in Boscabel.

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.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Boscabel had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 38.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 23.1%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

28.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

52.4% 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 9.5% 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 11.5% of the total.

84.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.9% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.5% of Boscabel's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% 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 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.9% of ancestry responses in Boscabel.

Australian ancestry made up 45.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 47.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

40.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

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

70.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

4.2% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $1,375 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $750.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $70 per week.

Working from home was 28.6% in Boscabel, 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 21.4% in Boscabel, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.