Australian Demographic Profile
Watermans Bay, WA 6020
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~1,289
Median age
47
Median income
High
$1,250-$1,499/wk
Top profile
Retired
29%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired29%
- High-earning professionals23%
- Established partnered households17%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~1,289
- Sex split
- F 49% / M 51%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 42%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)16%
- Young adults (15-24)10%
- Early career (25-39)12%
- Mid career (40-59)26%
- Senior (60+)36%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Watermans Bay: High ($1,250-$1,499/wk).
- No / not stated26%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)14%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)27%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)19%
- Very high ($3k+)13%
Top occupations
- Professionals37%
- Managers22%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to WA and Australia
| Watermans Bay | WA avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 42% | 17% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →