North West Cape

19.2% of North West Cape's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

41 family households lived in North West Cape; 31.7% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

North West Cape had 177 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 41.2% of occupied private dwellings in North West Cape.

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

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

46.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in North West Cape had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 40.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

15.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

41.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

4.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 21.4% 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 39.1% of the total.

51.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.2% reported a different address.

15.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

76.8% 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 2.3% spoke Hindi.

15.3% of North West Cape's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.7% of ancestry responses in North West Cape.

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 17.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 19.0%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

34.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

59.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.5% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 1.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.2% 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 5.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $1,542 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $365 per week.

Working from home was 15.5% in North West Cape, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 46.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 20.3% in North West Cape, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.