Shackleton

15.8% of Shackleton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

18 family households lived in Shackleton; 33.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

22.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Shackleton had 114 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 95.5% of occupied private dwellings in Shackleton.

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

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

59.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

13.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Shackleton had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 12.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 44.0%, while 12.0% had four or more usual residents.

15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

59.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.8% 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 12.0% of the total.

88.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.9% reported a different address.

5.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

51.8% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.3% of Shackleton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.7% 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 55.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.3% of ancestry responses in Shackleton.

Australian ancestry made up 19.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 35.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

29.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

28.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.0% reported asthma, 2.6% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

5.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.4%.

Median household income was $1,875 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $652.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $138 per week.

Working from home was 15.4% in Shackleton, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 59.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 27.3% in Shackleton, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.