Cervantes

12.5% of Cervantes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

114 family households lived in Cervantes; 33.3% were couple families and 12.3% were one-parent families.

29.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Cervantes had 480 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.2% of occupied private dwellings in Cervantes.

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

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

59.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

22.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Cervantes had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 36.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 39.5%, while 11.3% had four or more usual residents.

4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

57.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 30.0% of the total.

70.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.4% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.4% of Cervantes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% 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 84.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.0% of ancestry responses in Cervantes.

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

8.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 17.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

26.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 15.0% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.7%.

Median household income was $1,044 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,427.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 4.6% in Cervantes, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 59.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 17.3% in Cervantes, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.