Bulla

14.8% of Bulla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

189 family households lived in Bulla; 50.3% were couple families and 11.6% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Bulla had 668 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

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

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

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

44.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

45.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.3% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Bulla had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 33.5%, while 30.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

57.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 15.1% of the total.

85.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

79.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 20.3% reported a different address.

24.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

69.2% of residents used only English at home.

24.6% used a language other than English at home.

2.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

24.1% of Bulla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.9% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.5% of ancestry responses in Bulla.

Australian ancestry made up 28.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

11.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.9%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

31.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $1,738 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $348 per week.

Working from home was 17.8% in Bulla, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 44.9% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 9.3% in Bulla, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.