Walgoolan

29.7% of Walgoolan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

15 family households lived in Walgoolan; 60.0% were couple families and 33.3% were one-parent families.

86.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Walgoolan had 64 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 91.3% of occupied private dwellings in Walgoolan.

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

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

30.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Walgoolan had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 19.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 42.9%, while 38.1% had four or more usual residents.

25.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

41.9% 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 16.1% 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 19.0% of the total.

66.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.5% reported a different address.

12.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

84.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.5% of Walgoolan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.5% 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 85.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in Walgoolan.

Australian ancestry made up 43.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 48.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 68.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

43.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

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

73.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.7% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.0% 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 58.1%.

Median household income was $2,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

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

Working from home was 25.8% in Walgoolan, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Walgoolan, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.