Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.)

26.3% of Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

75 family households lived in Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.); 56.0% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

44.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) had 281 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.).

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

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

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

52.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 33.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

68.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 20.7% of the total.

82.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.4% reported a different address.

7.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.8% of Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.2% 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 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.5% of ancestry responses in Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.).

Australian ancestry made up 46.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

11.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 6.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.4%.

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

38.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

63.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $1,771 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,656.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 10.0% in Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.9% in Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..