Roelands

22.2% of Roelands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

270 family households lived in Roelands; 48.9% were couple families and 7.0% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Roelands had 938 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 99.3% of occupied private dwellings in Roelands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

33.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

57.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Roelands had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 39.2%, while 36.8% had four or more usual residents.

8.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

63.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

2.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% 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 13.1% of the total.

85.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.8% reported a different address.

12.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.9% of Roelands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.1% 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 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.6% of ancestry responses in Roelands.

Australian ancestry made up 41.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

42.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

62.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.6%.

Median household income was $2,473 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,240.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 8.8% in Roelands, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 33.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 9.9% in Roelands, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.