Lima East

18.2% of Lima East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

46 family households lived in Lima East; 34.8% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

34.8% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Lima East had 165 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 109.0% of occupied private dwellings in Lima East.

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

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

58.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

42.0% 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 Lima East had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 29.7% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 51.4%, while 9.5% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

74.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well 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 23.5% of the total.

86.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.5% reported a different address.

9.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.7% of Lima East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.3% 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 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.7% of ancestry responses in Lima East.

Australian ancestry made up 50.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.2% of workers, and education and training employed 4.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 23.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.5%.

Median household income was $1,069 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,040.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $275 per week.

Working from home was 6.1% in Lima East, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 58.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

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