Morawa

20.9% of Morawa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

89 family households lived in Morawa; 37.1% were couple families and 11.2% were one-parent families.

29.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Morawa had 459 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 91.3% of occupied private dwellings in Morawa.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

19.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Morawa had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 41.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 15.8% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

66.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.9% walked or cycled.

5.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 39.0% of the total.

54.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.0% reported a different address.

8.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

69.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.3% of Morawa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 67.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.2% of ancestry responses in Morawa.

Australian ancestry made up 27.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 18.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 29.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

25.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

38.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 8.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.5%.

Median household income was $1,239 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $190 per week.

Working from home was 7.0% in Morawa, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 49.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 31.5% in Morawa, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.