Katamatite

16.3% of Katamatite's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

116 family households lived in Katamatite; 37.9% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Katamatite had 453 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.7% of occupied private dwellings in Katamatite.

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

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

47.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

36.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Katamatite had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 29.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 37.4%, while 22.6% had four or more usual residents.

16.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.6% 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 26.1% of the total.

71.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.3% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

81.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.2% of Katamatite's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.9% of ancestry responses in Katamatite.

Australian ancestry made up 38.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 23.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.6%.

Median household income was $1,202 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $952.

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

Working from home was 16.3% in Katamatite, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 16.2% in Katamatite, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..