Carnamah

15.7% of Carnamah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

97 family households lived in Carnamah; 36.1% were couple families and 3.1% were one-parent families.

29.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Carnamah had 407 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 96.2% of occupied private dwellings in Carnamah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

51.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

16.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.6% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

The average household in Carnamah had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 39.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 39.8%, while 10.6% had four or more usual residents.

9.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

65.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.4% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 31.2% of the total.

61.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.6% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

79.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.1% of Carnamah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Carnamah.

Australian ancestry made up 40.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

9.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 29.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

52.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.7% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.6%.

Median household income was $1,350 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 9.7% in Carnamah, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 51.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 32.6% in Carnamah, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.