Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.)

19.5% of Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

26 family households lived in Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.); 23.1% were couple families and 11.5% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.) had 87 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 103.0% of occupied private dwellings in Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.).

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

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

37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

54.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.) had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.2%, while 8.8% had four or more usual residents.

25.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

75.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above 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 11.8% of the total.

55.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.2% reported a different address.

20.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

92.0% 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.

20.7% of Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.3% 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 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.).

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

41.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 25.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

39.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

16.1% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.0%.

Median household income was $1,187 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $821.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 25.0% in Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.), compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 8.1% in Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.), against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..