Murchison

23.3% of Murchison's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

11 family households lived in Murchison; 0.0% were couple families and 36.4% were one-parent families.

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

Murchison had 30 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 69.2% of occupied private dwellings in Murchison.

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

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

25.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Murchison had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 56.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

18.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 45.5% 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.

120.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

33.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 66.7% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

93.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.3% of Murchison's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% 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 100.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.7% of ancestry responses in Murchison.

Australian ancestry made up 56.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 27.3% 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 80.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

57.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

70.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

16.7% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.0%.

Median household income was $1,625 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Murchison, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 25.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 41.7% in Murchison, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.