Black Range

13.9% of Black Range's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

57 family households lived in Black Range; 28.1% were couple families and 10.5% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Black Range had 274 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 82.4% of occupied private dwellings in Black Range.

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.

38.2% 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 Black Range had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 15.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 44.4%, while 23.6% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

68.0% 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.

9.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 16.7% of the total.

84.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.4% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.8% of Black Range's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% 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 66.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.5% of ancestry responses in Black Range.

Australian ancestry made up 33.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

22.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

39.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.2%.

Median household income was $1,531 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,467.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 9.3% in Black Range, 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 14.7% in Black Range, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..