Thomson Brook

18.0% of Thomson Brook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

26 family households lived in Thomson Brook; 46.2% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Thomson Brook had 89 residents at the 2021 Census.

4.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

53.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 103.0% of occupied private dwellings in Thomson Brook.

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

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

53.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

34.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Thomson Brook had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 17.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

38.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

43.2% 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 0.0% 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 14.7% of the total.

79.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.5% reported a different address.

19.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

19.1% of Thomson Brook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.9% 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 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Thomson Brook.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 34.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.4% reported asthma, 6.7% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.2%.

Median household income was $966 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 38.6% in Thomson Brook, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 53.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 11.5% in Thomson Brook, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.