South Murchison

35.6% of South Murchison's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

16 family households lived in South Murchison; 56.3% were couple families and 18.8% were one-parent families.

75.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

South Murchison had 73 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 34.8% of occupied private dwellings in South Murchison.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

0.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

100.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in South Murchison had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 17.6%, while 82.4% had four or more usual residents.

33.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% 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 28.6% walked or cycled.

15.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 36.8% of the total.

0.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.0% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

74.0% of residents used only English at home.

17.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of South Murchison's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 78.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 19.2% of ancestry responses in South Murchison.

Australian ancestry made up 24.7% 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 42.9% 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 28.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.5% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% 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 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 66.7%.

Median household income was $1,625 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

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

Working from home was 33.3% in South Murchison, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 0.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 100.0% in South Murchison, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.