A larger share of dwellings empty, and four bedrooms or more
Of the private dwellings in the Mandurah council area, 17% were unoccupied on Census night, above the WA figure of 11%. Among occupied homes, separate houses account for 84%, above 80% across the state, and flats or apartments for 3%, below 6%. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses make up 13%, the same as WA.
Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 49% across the council area, above 45% statewide. Three-bedroom homes come to 35%, below 37% across WA, and homes with two bedrooms or fewer to 14%, below the state's 17%.
Lower incomes, lower rents, and the share between them
The median household income in the Mandurah council area is $1,273 a week, below $1,815 across WA. The median rent is $300 a week, below $340 statewide. Worked out on this page from those two medians, rent equals 24% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, above the WA figure of 19%.
Outright owners make up 34% of households, above 29% for WA. Another 36% are paying off a mortgage, below 40%, with a median repayment of $1,733 a month, below $1,842. Renting households make up 25%, below 27% statewide. Of those renting households, 57% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above 55% across WA.
An older median age across the council area
The median age in the Mandurah council area is 45 years, above 38 across WA, which suggests an older population than the state as a whole. At the 2021 Census, 90,306 people lived in the Mandurah council area.
An average household holds 2.4 people, below the WA average of 2.5. Of people aged five and over, 52% lived at the same address five years earlier, below 54% across Western Australia.