Hedley

13.0% of Hedley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

35 family households lived in Hedley; 25.7% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

25.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Hedley had 108 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.0% of occupied private dwellings in Hedley.

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

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

54.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

17.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Hedley had 2.2 people.

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

Two-person households represented 39.6%, while 8.3% had four or more usual residents.

23.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.1% 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 11.8% 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 22.9% of the total.

79.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.0% reported a different address.

8.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

96.3% 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.

8.3% of Hedley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.7% 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 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.0% of ancestry responses in Hedley.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 45.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.9% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

41.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 18.5% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.6% 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 8.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.0%.

Median household income was $1,274 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $190 per week.

Working from home was 23.5% in Hedley, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 54.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 28.3% in Hedley, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..