Lort River

13.3% of Lort River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

17 family households lived in Lort River; 35.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

52.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Lort River had 60 residents at the 2021 Census.

41.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 69.6% of occupied private dwellings in Lort River.

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

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

25.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Lort River had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

31.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

48.8% 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 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 0.0% of the total.

83.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.0% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

91.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.3% of Lort River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% 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 83.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.0% of ancestry responses in Lort River.

Australian ancestry made up 56.7% 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 70.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.3%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 93.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

55.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.9%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

83.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

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

21.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.8%.

Median household income was $1,875 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,084.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $115 per week.

Working from home was 31.7% in Lort River, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 25.0% in Lort River, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.