Castle Creek

21.2% of Castle Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

24 family households lived in Castle Creek; 33.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Castle Creek had 85 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 77.3% of occupied private dwellings in Castle Creek.

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

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

45.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

40.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Castle Creek had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 23.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 23.5%, while 58.8% had four or more usual residents.

27.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.3% 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 8.3% 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 0.0% of the total.

152.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.4% reported a different address.

11.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

82.4% 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.

11.8% of Castle Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.2% 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 76.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.5% of ancestry responses in Castle Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 40.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

25.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 18.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

34.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 31.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 3.5% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.5%.

Median household income was $2,083 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 27.1% in Castle Creek, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 15.0% in Castle Creek, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..