Darraweit Guim

14.7% of Darraweit Guim's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

109 family households lived in Darraweit Guim; 39.4% were couple families and 11.9% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Darraweit Guim had 402 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 99.3% of occupied private dwellings in Darraweit Guim.

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

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

44.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

52.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

2.4% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Darraweit Guim had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 20.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 43.7%, while 23.7% had four or more usual residents.

19.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

54.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 18.9% of the total.

83.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

83.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 16.7% reported a different address.

12.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

85.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.7% of Darraweit Guim's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.3% 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 85.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Darraweit Guim.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

13.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.7%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

57.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.7%.

Median household income was $1,792 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $261 per week.

Working from home was 19.7% in Darraweit Guim, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 44.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 2.4% in Darraweit Guim, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.