Wilga

15.5% of Wilga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

14 family households lived in Wilga; 42.9% were couple families and 21.4% were one-parent families.

21.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Wilga had 71 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 86.7% of occupied private dwellings in Wilga.

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

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

33.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Wilga had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 38.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 53.8%, while 11.5% had four or more usual residents.

11.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

59.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat 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 46.2% of the total.

80.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

80.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 20.0% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

83.1% 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.

8.5% of Wilga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% 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 23.9% of ancestry responses in Wilga.

Australian ancestry made up 63.4% 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 29.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 14.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.0%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

15.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 15.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 5.6% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $833 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,049.

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

Working from home was 11.1% in Wilga, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 33.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 16.7% in Wilga, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.