Harris River

16.3% of Harris River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

28 family households lived in Harris River; 25.0% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Harris River had 98 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 103.2% of occupied private dwellings in Harris River.

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

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

34.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

65.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Harris River had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 9.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 46.9%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

6.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 18.8% of the total.

84.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.4% reported a different address.

8.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

88.8% 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.

8.2% of Harris River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.8% 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 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.0% of ancestry responses in Harris River.

Australian ancestry made up 40.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

34.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.8%.

Median household income was $2,374 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 6.3% in Harris River, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Harris River, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.