Illowa

19.4% of Illowa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

100 family households lived in Illowa; 39.0% were couple families and 6.0% were one-parent families.

27.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Illowa had 304 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 103.7% of occupied private dwellings in Illowa.

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

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

53.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

3.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Illowa had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 46.4%, while 29.5% had four or more usual residents.

11.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat 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 13.3% of the total.

94.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.9% reported a different address.

6.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.9% of Illowa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.1% 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 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.8% of ancestry responses in Illowa.

Australian ancestry made up 36.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

21.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.

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

64.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.3% reported asthma, 5.9% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.6%.

Median household income was $2,083 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,975.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 11.8% in Illowa, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 53.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 3.1% in Illowa, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..