Bowmans Forest

17.9% of Bowmans Forest's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

33 family households lived in Bowmans Forest; 36.4% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

18.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Bowmans Forest had 106 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bowmans Forest.

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

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

80.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

20.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Bowmans Forest had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 22.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 55.0%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

21.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.7% 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 0.0% of the total.

90.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

83.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 17.0% reported a different address.

5.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.7% of Bowmans Forest's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.3% 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 91.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 54.7% of ancestry responses in Bowmans Forest.

Australian ancestry made up 36.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 34.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.9% of workers, and education and training employed 18.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

72.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 15.1% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 21.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.0%.

Median household income was $2,071 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 21.9% in Bowmans Forest, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 80.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Bowmans Forest, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..