Highbury

17.8% of Highbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

71 family households lived in Highbury; 36.6% were couple families and 9.9% were one-parent families.

26.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Highbury had 247 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 99.0% of occupied private dwellings in Highbury.

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

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

59.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

30.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Highbury had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 18.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 46.4%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

22.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

58.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below 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 16.9% of the total.

86.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.5% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

93.5% 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.

10.1% of Highbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% 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 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 57.5% of ancestry responses in Highbury.

Australian ancestry made up 42.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 34.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

36.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

58.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 15.0% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.2%.

Median household income was $1,328 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,259.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 22.7% in Highbury, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 59.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 10.3% in Highbury, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.