Marble Bar

7.7% of Marble Bar's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

77 family households lived in Marble Bar; 33.8% were couple families and 27.3% were one-parent families.

44.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Marble Bar had 927 residents at the 2021 Census.

44.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 72.7% of occupied private dwellings in Marble Bar.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

27.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

72.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Marble Bar had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 42.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 20.7%, while 28.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

22.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

19.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.0% walked or cycled.

26.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 44.7% of the total.

28.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.6% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

49.4% of residents used only English at home.

20.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.3% of Marble Bar's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 60.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.5% of ancestry responses in Marble Bar.

Australian ancestry made up 12.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

8.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 5.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 3.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 2.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 4.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

51.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.0% reported asthma, 3.3% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.7%.

Median household income was $1,035 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.

Working from home was 4.3% in Marble Bar, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 27.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 72.3% in Marble Bar, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.