Longwood

14.1% of Longwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

79 family households lived in Longwood; 27.8% were couple families and 13.9% were one-parent families.

27.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Longwood had 263 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.0% 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 101.9% of occupied private dwellings in Longwood.

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

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

62.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

29.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Longwood had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 40.4%, while 20.2% had four or more usual residents.

16.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

52.8% 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 4.0% 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 24.8% of the total.

73.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.6% reported a different address.

6.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

95.1% 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.

6.5% of Longwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.5% 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 94.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Longwood.

Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 18.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 23.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.7%.

Median household income was $1,111 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $780.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $261 per week.

Working from home was 16.8% in Longwood, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 62.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 8.3% in Longwood, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..