Fitzroy Crossing

20.4% of Fitzroy Crossing's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

253 family households lived in Fitzroy Crossing; 35.2% were couple families and 27.3% were one-parent families.

44.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Fitzroy Crossing had 1,181 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 82.7% of occupied private dwellings in Fitzroy Crossing.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

3.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

97.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Fitzroy Crossing had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 33.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 29.6%, while 27.1% had four or more usual residents.

2.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

42.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 35.4% walked or cycled.

35.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 38.7% of the total.

27.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.8% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

40.2% of residents used only English at home.

47.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.3% of Fitzroy Crossing's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 12.7% of ancestry responses in Fitzroy Crossing.

Australian ancestry made up 13.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

26.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.7% of workers, and education and training employed 25.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

30.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

65.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 2.6% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.9%.

Median household income was $1,375 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.

Working from home was 2.4% in Fitzroy Crossing, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 3.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 97.0% in Fitzroy Crossing, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.