Grass Patch

23.9% of Grass Patch's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

35 family households lived in Grass Patch; 37.1% were couple families and 8.6% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Grass Patch had 113 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 93.6% of occupied private dwellings in Grass Patch.

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

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

70.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

20.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Grass Patch had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

34.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

41.7% 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 16.7% 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 14.6% of the total.

85.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

80.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 19.2% reported a different address.

5.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

94.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.3% of Grass Patch's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.7% 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 98.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.6% of ancestry responses in Grass Patch.

Australian ancestry made up 64.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 55.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.9%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 77.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

54.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

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

68.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.1%.

Median household income was $1,625 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $140 per week.

Working from home was 34.7% in Grass Patch, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 70.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 8.8% in Grass Patch, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.