Meet Paul.
He's not your average Joe, but he is your average West Australian - at least according to the 2016 Census.
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Census: The 'typical' Australian for 2016
The Census take on who is the the 'typical' Australian in 2016. Vision: Census Australia.
The Southern River father is 37 years old, married with two kids, has a mortgage on his four-bedroom home, owns two cars, has at least one parent born overseas and finished Year 12.
The fly-in, fly-out driller told WAtoday he found it "hilarious" he met 13 of the 14 criteria that made up the 'typical' West Australian, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.
The only box he failed to tick was that he was born in the United Kingdom and emigrated here when he was a young boy, rather than being born in Australia.
His name even matched the generic one given to the 'typical West Australian' by the ABS.
"I'm 37-years old, I'm married, I've got two kids, I have a mortgage, I've got two cars, I have a four-by-two house, my name's Paul, it's identical, it's me," Paul said.
"It was hilarious... the only thing missing is my beard," he said, referring to the Census caricature of a non-bearded 'Paul'.
"Probably most of my mates have got two or three kids, same set up, married with cars, etc."
A preview of Australia's 2016 Census results revealed the 'typical' West Australian has English ancestry and does between five to 14 hours of unpaid domestic work a week.
"With two kids, we're always cleaning up after them," Paul joked.
West Australia's 'typical' person differs from the 'typical Australian' which was revealed as a 38-year-old woman, with both parents born in Australia living with her husband and two children in their own three bedroom house.
The only other state to have a male as their 'typical' person was the Northern Territory.
The 'typical' Indigenous person in Western Australia is male and 23-years-old while the 'typical' migrant is a 43-year-old English woman.
"Today's release comes ahead of the first Census data release on Tuesday, June 27," an ABS statement read.
"This will include datasets for all national, state/territory and capital cities, along with datasets for small population groups and small geographic areas such as suburbs and Local Government Areas, showing that there's nothing 'typical' about Australians at all!"
How Australia's other states fared:
Western Australia: 37-year-old man, married with two children in a four-bedroom house with a mortgage, with at least one parent born overseas.
New South Wales: 38-year-old woman, married with two children in a three-bedroom house, owned outright, with at least one parent born overseas.
Victoria: 37-year-old woman, married with two children in a three bedroom house with a mortgage, with at least one parent born overseas.
Queensland: 38-year-old woman, married with two children in a three bedroom house she has a mortgage on or rents, with both parents born in Australia.
South Australia: 40-year-old woman, married with two children in a three bedroom house with a mortgage, with both parents born in Australia.
Tasmania: 42-year-old woman, married with two children in a three bedroom house, owned outright, with both parents born in Australia.
Northern Territory: 34-year-old unmarried man with two children in a three bedroom rented house, with both parents born in Australia.
Australian Capital Territory: 35-year-old woman, married with two children with a three bedroom house with a mortgage, with both parents born in Australia.