Capel River

11.0% of Capel River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

35 family households lived in Capel River; 34.3% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

8.6% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Capel River had 136 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 75.0% of occupied private dwellings in Capel River.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

52.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

37.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Capel River had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 8.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 42.6%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

18.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

52.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

5.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 17.4% of the total.

87.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

82.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 17.4% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

93.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.7% of Capel River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% 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 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.3% of ancestry responses in Capel River.

Australian ancestry made up 45.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 23.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

36.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

58.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.7% 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 18.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.2%.

Median household income was $1,458 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $375 per week.

Working from home was 18.3% in Capel River, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 52.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 10.9% in Capel River, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.