Bena

14.5% of Bena's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

95 family households lived in Bena; 33.7% were couple families and 9.5% were one-parent families.

18.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Bena had 303 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 102.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bena.

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

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

45.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

39.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Bena had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 19.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 50.4%, while 17.1% had four or more usual residents.

28.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

48.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 26.3% of the total.

70.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

11.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

91.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.9% of Bena's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.1% 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 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Bena.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 31.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 3.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.6% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.7%.

Median household income was $1,687 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 28.5% in Bena, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.7% in Bena, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..