Harston

16.2% of Harston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

48 family households lived in Harston; 41.7% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

29.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Harston had 167 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 103.3% of occupied private dwellings in Harston.

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

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

60.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

40.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Harston had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 17.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 44.4%, while 19.0% had four or more usual residents.

24.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

52.6% 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 4.2% 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 5.3% of the total.

91.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.7% reported a different address.

9.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

94.6% 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.

9.0% of Harston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.0% 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 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.1% of ancestry responses in Harston.

Australian ancestry made up 45.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 34.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

43.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% 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 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.1%.

Median household income was $1,781 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,370.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 24.2% in Harston, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 60.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Harston, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..