Old Plains

10.6% of Old Plains's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

6 family households lived in Old Plains; 50.0% 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.

Old Plains had 47 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Old Plains.

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

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

61.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Old Plains had 2.3 people.

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

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

88.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

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

91.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.7% reported a different address.

10.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

72.3% 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.

10.6% of Old Plains's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.4% 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 66.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Old Plains.

Australian ancestry made up 27.7% 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 70.6% 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 60.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

48.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $1,874 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $138 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Old Plains, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 61.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 38.5% in Old Plains, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.