Dandaragan

16.8% of Dandaragan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

82 family households lived in Dandaragan; 32.9% were couple families and 4.9% were one-parent families.

30.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Dandaragan had 292 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 101.8% of occupied private dwellings in Dandaragan.

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

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

52.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

25.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Dandaragan had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 39.7%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

22.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

56.3% 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 8.6% 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 19.0% of the total.

81.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.2% reported a different address.

12.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

91.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.3% of Dandaragan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.7% 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 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in Dandaragan.

Australian ancestry made up 47.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 29.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

48.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

59.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.5%.

Median household income was $1,875 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,591.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $205 per week.

Working from home was 22.4% in Dandaragan, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 52.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 22.3% in Dandaragan, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.