Kirup

19.2% of Kirup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

48 family households lived in Kirup; 27.1% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Kirup had 156 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Kirup.

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

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

49.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

32.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Kirup had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 29.8% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

62.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.2% 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 26.3% of the total.

73.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.8% reported a different address.

14.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

9.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.1% of Kirup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.9% 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 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Kirup.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

4.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 20.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

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

66.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.2% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.5% 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 10.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.7%.

Median household income was $1,093 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,350.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Kirup, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 49.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 18.9% in Kirup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.