Cressy

14.2% of Cressy's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

50 family households lived in Cressy; 28.0% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

20.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Cressy had 176 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.7% of occupied private dwellings in Cressy.

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

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

62.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Cressy had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 40.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 31.9%, while 9.9% had four or more usual residents.

23.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

60.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

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

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

50.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.3% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.4% of Cressy's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% 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 91.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.7% of ancestry responses in Cressy.

Australian ancestry made up 35.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 31.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

24.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

44.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

20.5% reported asthma, 13.1% arthritis and 8.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.5%.

Median household income was $857 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $917.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 23.2% in Cressy, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 62.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 5.9% in Cressy, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..