Meerup

18.2% of Meerup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

52 family households lived in Meerup; 25.0% were couple families and 5.8% were one-parent families.

21.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Meerup had 159 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 98.2% of occupied private dwellings in Meerup.

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

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

54.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

35.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Meerup had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 16.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 41.1%, while 21.4% had four or more usual residents.

29.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

55.1% 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 20.4% of the total.

88.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.7% reported a different address.

20.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

94.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

20.8% of Meerup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.2% 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 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.1% of ancestry responses in Meerup.

Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 25.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 28.8% worked part time.

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

61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 15.1% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.3%.

Median household income was $1,109 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 29.5% in Meerup, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 54.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 10.5% in Meerup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.