Caramut

20.7% of Caramut's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

71 family households lived in Caramut; 28.2% were couple families and 19.7% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Caramut had 256 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.0% of occupied private dwellings in Caramut.

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

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

58.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

20.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Caramut had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.6%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

32.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

46.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 22.9% of the total.

70.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

7.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.0% 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.

7.0% of Caramut's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.0% 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 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.5% of ancestry responses in Caramut.

Australian ancestry made up 42.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

13.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 44.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.6% of workers, and education and training employed 2.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.1% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.6%.

Median household income was $1,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 32.7% in Caramut, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 58.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.1% in Caramut, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..