Cowangie

27.3% of Cowangie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

4 family households lived in Cowangie; 100.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Cowangie had 33 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.7% of occupied private dwellings in Cowangie.

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

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

63.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Cowangie had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 40.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 30.0%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

47.1% 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.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 30.0% of the total.

50.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.1% reported a different address.

15.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

97.0% 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.

15.2% of Cowangie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.8% 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 103.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 72.7% of ancestry responses in Cowangie.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 47.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.5% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 0.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

60.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

21.2% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.0%.

Median household income was $1,041 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 17.6% in Cowangie, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 63.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 36.4% in Cowangie, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..