Gibson Desert North

20.6% of Gibson Desert North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

69 family households lived in Gibson Desert North; 37.7% were couple families and 21.7% were one-parent families.

49.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Gibson Desert North had 262 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 86.3% of occupied private dwellings in Gibson Desert North.

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

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

7.1% 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.

92.9% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Gibson Desert North had 5.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 17.6%, while 64.7% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

25.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 38.6% walked or cycled.

35.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 43.1% of the total.

13.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

84.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 16.0% reported a different address.

1.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

5.7% of residents used only English at home.

92.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

1.9% of Gibson Desert North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 98.1% 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 96.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 1.1% of ancestry responses in Gibson Desert North.

Australian ancestry made up 0.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

50.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.8% of workers, and education and training employed 15.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 26.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

12.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 20.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

66.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 1.9% arthritis and 17.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.3%.

Median household income was $1,292 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $50 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Gibson Desert North, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 7.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 92.9% in Gibson Desert North, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.