Childers

9.9% of Childers's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

28 family households lived in Childers; 17.9% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

17.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Childers had 91 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

56.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 107.7% of occupied private dwellings in Childers.

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

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

69.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

17.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Childers had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 21.4% had four or more usual residents.

32.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

46.0% 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 6.0% 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 21.4% of the total.

73.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.3% reported a different address.

14.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.3% of Childers's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.7% 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 40.7% of ancestry responses in Childers.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 20.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

41.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.6% worked part time.

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

59.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 14.3% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 25.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.3%.

Median household income was $1,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,967.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $130 per week.

Working from home was 32.0% in Childers, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 69.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.8% in Childers, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..