Wattening

23.0% of Wattening's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

14 family households lived in Wattening; 35.7% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

64.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Wattening had 61 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 118.8% of occupied private dwellings in Wattening.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% 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.

25.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Wattening had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 31.6%, while 52.6% had four or more usual residents.

25.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

36.1% 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 11.1% 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 0.0% of the total.

88.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.4% reported a different address.

8.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

86.9% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.2% of Wattening's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.8% 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 85.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.7% of ancestry responses in Wattening.

Australian ancestry made up 47.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

22.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 30.6% 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 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

48.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

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

55.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.8% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 26.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.7%.

Median household income was $2,333 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,997.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 25.0% in Wattening, 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 0.0% in Wattening, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.