Sandstone

0.0% of Sandstone's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

19 family households lived in Sandstone; 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.

Sandstone had 109 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

62.4% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 75.6% of occupied private dwellings in Sandstone.

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

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

75.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

12.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Sandstone had 1.5 people.

One-person households made up 51.2% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

20.5% 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 29.5% 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 32.5% of the total.

85.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.6% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

61.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.7% of Sandstone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% 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 64.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.2% of ancestry responses in Sandstone.

Australian ancestry made up 29.4% 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 22.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

20.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

39.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.6% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 8.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% 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 5.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.4%.

Median household income was $949 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $70 per week.

Working from home was 20.5% in Sandstone, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 75.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 12.5% in Sandstone, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.