Buckland

16.0% of Buckland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

45 family households lived in Buckland; 40.0% were couple families and 6.7% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Buckland had 156 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.7% of occupied private dwellings in Buckland.

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

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

44.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

44.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Buckland had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 43.9%, while 29.8% had four or more usual residents.

23.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

58.8% 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 6.3% 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 9.4% of the total.

83.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

98.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Buckland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% 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 98.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.1% of ancestry responses in Buckland.

Australian ancestry made up 42.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 17.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 5.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 29.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

63.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 14.7% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 25.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.7%.

Median household income was $1,481 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $275 per week.

Working from home was 23.8% in Buckland, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 44.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.5% in Buckland, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..