Byawatha

11.3% of Byawatha's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

51 family households lived in Byawatha; 37.3% were couple families and 15.7% were one-parent families.

27.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Byawatha had 160 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 110.9% of occupied private dwellings in Byawatha.

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

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

63.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

29.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Byawatha had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 13.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 41.0%, while 14.8% had four or more usual residents.

18.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

62.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to 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 8.2% of the total.

96.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.3% reported a different address.

5.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

85.6% of residents used only English at home.

1.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.0% of Byawatha's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.0% 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 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.6% of ancestry responses in Byawatha.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

18.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 22.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

40.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,696 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,717.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 18.3% in Byawatha, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 63.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 7.4% in Byawatha, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..