Varley

18.2% of Varley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

10 family households lived in Varley; 40.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

40.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Varley had 44 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 78.3% of occupied private dwellings in Varley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

75.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Varley had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 52.9% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 64.7%, while 17.6% had four or more usual residents.

26.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above 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 0.0% of the total.

43.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

82.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 17.5% reported a different address.

22.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

75.0% of residents used only English at home.

9.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

22.7% of Varley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.3% 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 75.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.6% of ancestry responses in Varley.

Australian ancestry made up 45.5% 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 46.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 82.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

54.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

54.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.8% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.3% 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 30.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 0.0%.

Median household income was $1,812 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $271.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $151 per week.

Working from home was 26.7% in Varley, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 75.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 25.0% in Varley, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.