Cowwarr

15.4% of Cowwarr's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

110 family households lived in Cowwarr; 36.4% were couple families and 8.2% were one-parent families.

22.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Cowwarr had 389 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 103.2% of occupied private dwellings in Cowwarr.

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

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

56.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

34.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Cowwarr had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 44.2%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

11.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

7.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 16.5% of the total.

85.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.7% reported a different address.

7.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.5% of Cowwarr's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.5% 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 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Cowwarr.

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 19.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.8%.

Median household income was $1,571 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,262.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $215 per week.

Working from home was 11.0% in Cowwarr, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 56.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 8.8% in Cowwarr, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..