Sawyers Valley

16.9% of Sawyers Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

301 family households lived in Sawyers Valley; 44.2% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

32.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Sawyers Valley had 1,001 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 99.7% of occupied private dwellings in Sawyers Valley.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

41.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

49.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Sawyers Valley had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 16.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 39.3%, while 24.3% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 20.1% of the total.

79.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.6% reported a different address.

23.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.0% of Sawyers Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.0% 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 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.8% of ancestry responses in Sawyers Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

20.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

35.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

55.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.5%.

Median household income was $1,845 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 10.0% in Sawyers Valley, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 41.6% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 9.2% in Sawyers Valley, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.