Bushfield

19.5% of Bushfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

174 family households lived in Bushfield; 51.1% were couple families and 11.5% were one-parent families.

36.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Bushfield had 596 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bushfield.

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

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

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

56.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

3.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Bushfield had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 10.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 38.0%, while 35.4% had four or more usual residents.

12.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

69.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% 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 6.2% of the total.

89.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.3% reported a different address.

3.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

94.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.5% of Bushfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.5% 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 95.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Bushfield.

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

39.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

63.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 6.7% arthritis and 2.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.8%.

Median household income was $2,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 12.0% in Bushfield, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 3.7% in Bushfield, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..