Branxholme

12.8% of Branxholme's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

100 family households lived in Branxholme; 34.0% were couple families and 13.0% were one-parent families.

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

Branxholme had 304 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.8% of occupied private dwellings in Branxholme.

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

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

49.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

37.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Branxholme had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 22.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 48.0%, while 14.4% had four or more usual residents.

28.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

53.5% 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.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 20.0% of the total.

81.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.1% reported a different address.

9.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

92.4% of residents used only English at home.

1.0% 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 Branxholme'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 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Branxholme.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 31.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 1.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

59.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $1,362 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,163.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $170 per week.

Working from home was 28.9% in Branxholme, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 49.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 12.9% in Branxholme, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..