Palmdale

27.8% of Palmdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

8 family households lived in Palmdale; 0.0% 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.

Palmdale had 18 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 116.7% of occupied private dwellings in Palmdale.

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

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

50.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Palmdale had 2.6 people.

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

Two-person households represented 114.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

33.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% 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 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.

0.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.4% reported a different address.

16.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

116.7% 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.

16.7% of Palmdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.3% 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 116.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 88.9% of ancestry responses in Palmdale.

Australian ancestry made up 83.3% 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 75.0% 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 68.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

66.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

22.2% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice 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 0.0%.

Median household income was $1,374 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 $275 per week.

Working from home was 33.3% in Palmdale, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 50.0% in Palmdale, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.