Smith Brook

6.8% of Smith Brook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

13 family households lived in Smith Brook; 46.2% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

30.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Smith Brook had 59 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 118.8% of occupied private dwellings in Smith Brook.

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

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

60.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

40.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Smith Brook had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 15.8% had four or more usual residents.

23.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

43.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

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

121.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.9% reported a different address.

32.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

62.7% of residents used only English at home.

27.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

32.2% of Smith Brook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.8% 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 67.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.7% of ancestry responses in Smith Brook.

Australian ancestry made up 23.7% 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 33.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

52.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

59.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.8%.

Median household income was $1,437 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $610.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $111 per week.

Working from home was 23.1% in Smith Brook, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 60.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Smith Brook, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.