Boundary Bend

16.2% of Boundary Bend's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

35 family households lived in Boundary Bend; 42.9% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Boundary Bend had 154 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 87.8% of occupied private dwellings in Boundary Bend.

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

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

54.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

23.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Boundary Bend had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 29.4%, while 13.7% had four or more usual residents.

18.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

67.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.4% 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 27.5% of the total.

54.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.6% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

74.0% of residents used only English at home.

9.7% used a language other than English at home.

2.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Boundary Bend's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% 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 70.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.7% of ancestry responses in Boundary Bend.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 34.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.5%.

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

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $840.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $162 per week.

Working from home was 18.8% in Boundary Bend, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 54.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.4% in Boundary Bend, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..