Merkanooka

12.3% of Merkanooka's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

14 family households lived in Merkanooka; 71.4% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

50.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Merkanooka had 57 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 110.0% of occupied private dwellings in Merkanooka.

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

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

100.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Merkanooka had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 22.7%, while 40.9% had four or more usual residents.

40.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

35.1% 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 18.9% 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.

86.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.1% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

93.0% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.8% of Merkanooka's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% 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 71.9% of ancestry responses in Merkanooka.

Australian ancestry made up 43.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 75.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 86.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

71.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

70.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 21.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.1%.

Median household income was $1,812 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 40.5% in Merkanooka, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 100.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Merkanooka, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.