Oldbury

11.5% of Oldbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

85 family households lived in Oldbury; 40.0% were couple families and 8.2% were one-parent families.

28.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Oldbury had 296 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 96.3% of occupied private dwellings in Oldbury.

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

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

43.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

34.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Oldbury had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 39.0%, while 22.9% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

47.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.5% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 9.5% of the total.

88.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.5% reported a different address.

24.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

83.8% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

24.0% of Oldbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.0% 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 87.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Oldbury.

Australian ancestry made up 36.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 20.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.3% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.7%.

Median household income was $1,928 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Oldbury, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 43.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 22.6% in Oldbury, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.