Milpara

19.4% of Milpara's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

258 family households lived in Milpara; 40.7% were couple families and 6.2% were one-parent families.

30.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Milpara had 953 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 86.4% of occupied private dwellings in Milpara.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

41.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Milpara had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 40.8%, while 24.2% had four or more usual residents.

4.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

73.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 27.4% of the total.

69.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.8% reported a different address.

13.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

93.7% of residents used only English at home.

1.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.9% of Milpara's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.9% of ancestry responses in Milpara.

Australian ancestry made up 43.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

9.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

54.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.0%.

Median household income was $1,342 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,594.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 4.4% in Milpara, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 49.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 8.5% in Milpara, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.