Bruce Rock

19.1% of Bruce Rock's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

172 family households lived in Bruce Rock; 37.8% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.

41.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Bruce Rock had 742 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 84.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bruce Rock.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

52.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

21.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Bruce Rock had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 35.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.2%, while 23.5% had four or more usual residents.

13.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

58.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.4% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 35.1% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.8% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

84.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.8% of Bruce Rock's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% 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 86.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.4% of ancestry responses in Bruce Rock.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

7.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 31.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.7% worked part time.

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

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.0%.

Median household income was $1,236 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $737.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 13.4% in Bruce Rock, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 52.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 26.1% in Bruce Rock, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.