Elphinstone

15.5% of Elphinstone's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

194 family households lived in Elphinstone; 34.0% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.

24.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Elphinstone had 633 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in Elphinstone.

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

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

43.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

51.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Elphinstone had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 26.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 44.5%, while 18.1% had four or more usual residents.

23.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.2% 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 2.6% 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 26.7% of the total.

74.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.2% reported a different address.

12.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.3% of Elphinstone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.7% 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 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Elphinstone.

Australian ancestry made up 40.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

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

49.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.4%.

Median household income was $1,447 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,594.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $203 per week.

Working from home was 23.9% in Elphinstone, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 43.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 4.7% in Elphinstone, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..