Tanami

23.8% of Tanami's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

108 family households lived in Tanami; 51.9% were couple families and 28.7% were one-parent families.

60.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Tanami had 487 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Tanami.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% 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 Tanami had 4.2 people.

One-person households made up 16.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 13.0%, while 57.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

24.1% 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 51.9% walked or cycled.

61.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 28.0% of the total.

4.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.5% reported a different address.

2.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

8.0% of residents used only English at home.

87.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

2.9% of Tanami's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 97.1% 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 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 3.3% of ancestry responses in Tanami.

Australian ancestry made up 1.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

27.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 34.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

11.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 4.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 50.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.5% reported asthma, 1.6% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 2.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.7%.

Median household income was $1,212 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 $60 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Tanami, 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 Tanami, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.