Broomfield

16.9% of Broomfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

62 family households lived in Broomfield; 33.9% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Broomfield had 213 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Broomfield.

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

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

52.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Broomfield had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 43.4%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

58.1% 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 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 25.0% of the total.

84.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

82.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 17.5% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

86.4% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.5% of Broomfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% 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 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.0% of ancestry responses in Broomfield.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 3.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

23.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 15.5% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.0%.

Median household income was $1,174 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,040.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 17.4% in Broomfield, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 52.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 4.1% in Broomfield, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..