Telfer

9.3% of Telfer's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

57 family households lived in Telfer; 38.6% were couple families and 26.3% were one-parent families.

50.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Telfer had 657 residents at the 2021 Census.

49.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 94.2% of occupied private dwellings in Telfer.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% 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 Telfer had 4.2 people.

One-person households made up 13.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 17.3%, while 42.3% 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.

15.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

27.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 15.0% walked or cycled.

44.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 38.9% of the total.

11.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.4% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

40.0% of residents used only English at home.

37.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Telfer's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 68.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 21.5% of ancestry responses in Telfer.

Australian ancestry made up 12.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 6.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 3.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 2.8% of workers, and education and training employed 3.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 5.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

63.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

1.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.3% reported asthma, 0.5% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.3%.

Median household income was $1,083 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 $50 per week.

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