Wokalup

9.4% of Wokalup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

64 family households lived in Wokalup; 35.9% were couple families and 9.4% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Wokalup had 255 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

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

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

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

54.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

19.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Wokalup had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 12.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Two-person households represented 36.4%, while 48.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

53.5% 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 8.5% 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 20.6% of the total.

77.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.9% reported a different address.

11.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.0% of Wokalup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.0% 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 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.8% of ancestry responses in Wokalup.

Australian ancestry made up 47.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 27.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.0% of workers, and education and training employed 14.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

33.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% 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 2.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.6%.

Median household income was $1,916 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $293 per week.

Working from home was 7.0% in Wokalup, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 54.8% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 25.8% in Wokalup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.