The Plains

30.8% of The Plains's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

16 family households lived in The Plains; 43.8% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

50.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The Plains had 52 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 105.6% of occupied private dwellings in The Plains.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 22.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

42.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in The Plains had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 13.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 45.5%, while 13.6% had four or more usual residents.

16.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

56.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 23.3% 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 22.7% of the total.

72.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

100.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 0.0% reported a different address.

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

78.8% 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.

0.0% of The Plains'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 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 55.8% of ancestry responses in The Plains.

Australian ancestry made up 28.8% 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 40.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 78.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

38.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 38.6% worked part time.

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

55.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 17.3% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.3% 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 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.6%.

Median household income was $2,749 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 16.7% in The Plains, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 23.1% in The Plains, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.