Lake Charm

14.3% of Lake Charm's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

40 family households lived in Lake Charm; 42.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

7.5% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Lake Charm had 147 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Charm.

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

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

65.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

16.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Lake Charm had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.9%, while 20.4% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

50.0% 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 7.6% 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 10.4% of the total.

85.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.7% reported a different address.

12.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.5% of residents used only English at home.

8.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.9% of Lake Charm's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.9% of ancestry responses in Lake Charm.

Australian ancestry made up 36.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 25.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.2% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 8.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.9%.

Median household income was $1,321 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $879.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $188 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Lake Charm, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 65.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.6% in Lake Charm, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..