Gairdner

23.8% of Gairdner's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

31 family households lived in Gairdner; 29.0% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Gairdner had 105 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 121.9% of occupied private dwellings in Gairdner.

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

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

63.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

18.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Gairdner had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 41.0%, while 41.0% had four or more usual residents.

32.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

44.1% 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 16.2% 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 12.5% of the total.

96.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.2% reported a different address.

9.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.5% of Gairdner's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.5% 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 87.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in Gairdner.

Australian ancestry made up 52.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 66.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.4% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 78.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

57.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 3.8% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.1%.

Median household income was $1,916 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $471.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $109 per week.

Working from home was 32.4% in Gairdner, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 63.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 18.2% in Gairdner, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.