Bridgewater On Loddon

14.4% of Bridgewater On Loddon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

89 family households lived in Bridgewater On Loddon; 33.7% were couple families and 14.6% were one-parent families.

27.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Bridgewater On Loddon had 341 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 99.3% of occupied private dwellings in Bridgewater On Loddon.

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

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

48.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

38.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Bridgewater On Loddon had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 27.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 46.3%, while 14.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

58.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.5% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

64.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.9% reported a different address.

5.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.9% of Bridgewater On Loddon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Bridgewater On Loddon.

Australian ancestry made up 38.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.8% of workers, and education and training employed 3.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.1% reported asthma, 17.0% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.

Median household income was $1,242 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 $215 per week.

Working from home was 10.2% in Bridgewater On Loddon, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.2% in Bridgewater On Loddon, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..