Bochara

20.2% of Bochara's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

23 family households lived in Bochara; 43.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

26.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Bochara had 84 residents at the 2021 Census.

0.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 129.4% of occupied private dwellings in Bochara.

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

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

71.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

14.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Bochara had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 59.1%, while 22.7% had four or more usual residents.

30.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

42.5% 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 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 22.7% of the total.

68.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.2% reported a different address.

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

85.7% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% 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 Bochara'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 76.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.1% of ancestry responses in Bochara.

Australian ancestry made up 47.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

30.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 37.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 6.0% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.0%.

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

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $717.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 30.0% in Bochara, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 71.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Bochara, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..