Boorolite

19.3% of Boorolite's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

45 family households lived in Boorolite; 42.2% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

48.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Boorolite had 166 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.7% of occupied private dwellings in Boorolite.

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

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

53.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

30.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Boorolite had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 20.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.0%, while 35.2% had four or more usual residents.

29.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

54.5% 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 16.7% of the total.

90.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.0% of Boorolite's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% 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 83.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.0% of ancestry responses in Boorolite.

Australian ancestry made up 34.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 22.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.9% of workers, and education and training employed 3.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

68.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

1.8% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 24.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.3%.

Median household income was $1,875 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,993.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 29.9% in Boorolite, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 53.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 16.1% in Boorolite, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..