Gunbower

18.0% of Gunbower's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

161 family households lived in Gunbower; 41.0% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

36.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Gunbower had 578 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.1% of occupied private dwellings in Gunbower.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

52.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

30.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Gunbower had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 41.0%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

12.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

63.0% 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 7.8% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 27.0% of the total.

70.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.2% reported a different address.

5.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.4% of Gunbower's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.6% 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 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Gunbower.

Australian ancestry made up 45.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 25.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.5% 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 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.0%.

Median household income was $1,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $185 per week.

Working from home was 12.2% in Gunbower, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 52.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 16.7% in Gunbower, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..