Upper Capel

16.4% of Upper Capel's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

53 family households lived in Upper Capel; 58.5% were couple families and 7.5% were one-parent families.

39.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Upper Capel had 177 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 96.7% of occupied private dwellings in Upper Capel.

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

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

50.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

42.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Upper Capel had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 42.6%, while 34.4% had four or more usual residents.

18.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

46.2% 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 3.3% 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 14.8% of the total.

85.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.5% reported a different address.

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

92.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.6% of Upper Capel's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% 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 55.4% of ancestry responses in Upper Capel.

Australian ancestry made up 48.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 24.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.0% of workers, and education and training employed 3.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

40.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

70.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.5% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.1%.

Median household income was $1,583 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 18.7% in Upper Capel, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 50.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 6.6% in Upper Capel, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.