Paraburdoo

23.4% of Paraburdoo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

237 family households lived in Paraburdoo; 48.9% were couple families and 11.8% were one-parent families.

48.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Paraburdoo had 1,324 residents at the 2021 Census.

39.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 96.1% of occupied private dwellings in Paraburdoo.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

2.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

1.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

97.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Paraburdoo had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 30.4%, while 25.4% had four or more usual residents.

1.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

35.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

30.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.0% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 48.0% of the total.

46.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.2% reported a different address.

18.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

68.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.3% of Paraburdoo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 67.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.2% of ancestry responses in Paraburdoo.

Australian ancestry made up 33.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

5.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 4.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

47.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 2.8% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $3,215 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,563.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $30 per week.

Working from home was 1.3% in Paraburdoo, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 2.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 97.0% in Paraburdoo, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.