Tenterden

17.9% of Tenterden's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

69 family households lived in Tenterden; 39.1% were couple families and 7.2% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Tenterden had 240 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Tenterden.

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

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

62.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

23.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Tenterden had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 20.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 43.5%, while 17.6% had four or more usual residents.

15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

53.5% 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 4.0% 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 24.4% of the total.

87.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.6% reported a different address.

17.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

87.9% 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.

17.9% of Tenterden's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.1% 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 88.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 53.8% of ancestry responses in Tenterden.

Australian ancestry made up 43.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

11.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 41.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.0% of workers, and education and training employed 4.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

26.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.9%.

Median household income was $1,187 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 15.2% in Tenterden, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 62.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 14.1% in Tenterden, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.