Foster North

4.6% of Foster North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

48 family households lived in Foster North; 29.2% were couple families and 10.4% were one-parent families.

8.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Foster North had 152 residents at the 2021 Census.

9.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

54.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Foster North.

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

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

68.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Foster North had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 49.3%, while 16.4% had four or more usual residents.

34.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

34.7% 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 13.3% 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 34.3% of the total.

70.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.0% reported a different address.

21.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

21.1% of Foster North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.9% 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 94.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.0% of ancestry responses in Foster North.

Australian ancestry made up 30.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 22.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

17.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 29.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.1%.

Median household income was $1,208 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,463.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $385 per week.

Working from home was 34.7% in Foster North, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 68.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 4.9% in Foster North, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..