Salmon Gums

21.9% of Salmon Gums's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

40 family households lived in Salmon Gums; 52.5% were couple families and 10.0% were one-parent families.

50.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Salmon Gums had 146 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 98.1% of occupied private dwellings in Salmon Gums.

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

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

76.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

7.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Salmon Gums had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 25.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 27.3% had four or more usual residents.

29.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

28.4% 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 18.5% walked or cycled.

8.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 10.0% of the total.

72.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.6% reported a different address.

11.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.6% of Salmon Gums's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.4% 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 87.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Salmon Gums.

Australian ancestry made up 45.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 59.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

49.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.1% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.2%.

Median household income was $900 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $661.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $104 per week.

Working from home was 29.6% in Salmon Gums, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 76.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 15.8% in Salmon Gums, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.