Bonnie Doon

8.7% of Bonnie Doon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

195 family households lived in Bonnie Doon; 27.7% were couple families and 9.2% were one-parent families.

20.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Bonnie Doon had 666 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.2% of occupied private dwellings in Bonnie Doon.

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

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

59.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

31.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Bonnie Doon had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 28.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 44.9%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

55.5% 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 3.6% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 26.0% of the total.

72.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.5% reported a different address.

12.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.2% of Bonnie Doon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.1% of ancestry responses in Bonnie Doon.

Australian ancestry made up 44.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 19.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.6% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 13.1% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,315 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $296 per week.

Working from home was 16.4% in Bonnie Doon, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 59.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.7% in Bonnie Doon, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..