Darlington

8.3% of Darlington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

25 family households lived in Darlington; 16.0% were couple families and 16.0% were one-parent families.

12.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Darlington had 84 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 86.8% of occupied private dwellings in Darlington.

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

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

51.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

15.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Darlington had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 42.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 48.6%, while 11.4% had four or more usual residents.

20.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

57.5% 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 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 40.0% of the total.

74.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.8% reported a different address.

3.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

76.2% 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.

3.6% of Darlington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.4% 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 81.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.9% of ancestry responses in Darlington.

Australian ancestry made up 33.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 30.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 25.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.9%.

Median household income was $1,083 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $155 per week.

Working from home was 20.0% in Darlington, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 51.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 33.3% in Darlington, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..