Middlesex

12.9% of Middlesex's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

61 family households lived in Middlesex; 29.5% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

21.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Middlesex had 232 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 104.6% of occupied private dwellings in Middlesex.

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

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

53.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

30.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Middlesex had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 29.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 41.8%, while 9.9% had four or more usual residents.

19.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

57.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 20.9% of the total.

74.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.8% reported a different address.

17.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.7% of Middlesex's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.3% 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 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 52.2% of ancestry responses in Middlesex.

Australian ancestry made up 22.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 32.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

40.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 1.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.5%.

Median household income was $1,593 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $178 per week.

Working from home was 19.0% in Middlesex, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 53.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 16.0% in Middlesex, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.