Torbay

15.9% of Torbay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

93 family households lived in Torbay; 33.3% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

31.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Torbay had 378 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Torbay.

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

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

56.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

31.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Torbay had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 46.6%, while 20.7% had four or more usual residents.

15.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

52.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.7% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 9.9% of the total.

82.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.9% reported a different address.

18.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

80.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.3% of Torbay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.7% 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 77.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.4% of ancestry responses in Torbay.

Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 24.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

53.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.2%.

Median household income was $1,430 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,627.

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

Working from home was 15.6% in Torbay, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 56.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 12.4% in Torbay, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.