Mailors Flat

21.4% of Mailors Flat's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

128 family households lived in Mailors Flat; 53.1% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Mailors Flat had 490 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Mailors Flat.

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

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

36.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

53.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Mailors Flat had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 13.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

72.9% 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 2.9% 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 11.7% of the total.

89.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.2% reported a different address.

5.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.1% of Mailors Flat's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.9% 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 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.4% of ancestry responses in Mailors Flat.

Australian ancestry made up 46.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

46.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

64.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 3.3% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.9%.

Median household income was $2,073 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,540.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 7.0% in Mailors Flat, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.7% in Mailors Flat, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..