Bass

14.8% of Bass's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

111 family households lived in Bass; 35.1% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

27.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Bass had 405 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.1% of occupied private dwellings in Bass.

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

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

47.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

39.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Bass had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 25.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 44.5%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

56.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 25.5% of the total.

70.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.4% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

88.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Bass's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% 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 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.7% of ancestry responses in Bass.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 3.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

23.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.0%.

Median household income was $1,262 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 17.4% in Bass, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.6% in Bass, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..