Herron

14.4% of Herron's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

139 family households lived in Herron; 39.6% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

22.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Herron had 438 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in Herron.

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

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

43.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

48.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Herron had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 11.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Two-person households represented 41.9%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

12.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

56.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

3.5% 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 Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 13.3% of the total.

81.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.0% reported a different address.

27.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

27.6% of Herron's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.4% 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 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.4% of ancestry responses in Herron.

Australian ancestry made up 38.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

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

Health care and social assistance employed 10.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.4%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

27.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

63.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.9%.

Median household income was $2,097 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,264.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 12.9% in Herron, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 43.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 8.2% in Herron, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.