West River

11.3% of West River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

20 family households lived in West River; 55.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

55.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

West River had 71 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 103.8% of occupied private dwellings in West River.

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

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

76.5% 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.

23.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in West River had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 48.1%, while 25.9% had four or more usual residents.

43.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

17.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% 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 22.2% of the total.

81.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.9% reported a different address.

4.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

76.1% of residents used only English at home.

9.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.2% of West River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.8% 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 73.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.6% of ancestry responses in West River.

Australian ancestry made up 53.5% 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 62.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 84.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

62.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

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

71.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.2% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.4% 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 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.4%.

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

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.

Working from home was 43.1% in West River, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 76.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 23.5% in West River, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.