Bolinda

13.5% of Bolinda's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

52 family households lived in Bolinda; 50.0% were couple families and 11.5% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Bolinda had 185 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Bolinda.

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

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

47.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

44.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Bolinda had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

35.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

52.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne 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 Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 13.2% of the total.

89.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

79.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.0% reported a different address.

9.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

88.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.2% of Bolinda's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.8% 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 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Bolinda.

Australian ancestry made up 50.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 20.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 3.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

34.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

63.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 6.5% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.1%.

Median household income was $1,792 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 35.8% in Bolinda, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 47.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 7.2% in Bolinda, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.