Wedgecarrup

25.0% of Wedgecarrup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

20 family households lived in Wedgecarrup; 65.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Wedgecarrup had 80 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 71.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wedgecarrup.

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.

23.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Wedgecarrup had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 25.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 9.7%, while 41.9% had four or more usual residents.

28.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

55.6% 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 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 28.0% of the total.

96.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

84.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 15.5% reported a different address.

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

95.0% 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.

12.5% of Wedgecarrup'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 86.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 56.3% of ancestry responses in Wedgecarrup.

Australian ancestry made up 62.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 57.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

38.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.5%.

Median household income was $2,250 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,089.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.

Working from home was 28.9% in Wedgecarrup, 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 26.9% in Wedgecarrup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.