Mount Sheila

1.9% of Mount Sheila's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

5 family households lived in Mount Sheila; 100.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Mount Sheila had 794 residents at the 2021 Census.

55.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 0.0% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Sheila.

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

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

The average household in Mount Sheila had 4.2 people.

One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 0.0%, while 200.0% had four or more usual residents.

1.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

17.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

33.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% 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.

0.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

39.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 60.3% reported a different address.

22.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

57.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

22.7% of Mount Sheila's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 57.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.6% of ancestry responses in Mount Sheila.

Australian ancestry made up 19.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

7.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 4.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 1.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

54.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 3.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.9% reported asthma, 2.0% arthritis and 1.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.3%.

Median household income was $3,749 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $5,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $520 per week.