Main Lead

7.1% of Main Lead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

13 family households lived in Main Lead; 0.0% were couple families and 46.2% were one-parent families.

46.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Main Lead had 42 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 78.9% of occupied private dwellings in Main Lead.

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

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

46.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

23.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Main Lead had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 26.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 73.3%, while 26.7% had four or more usual residents.

41.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

58.8% 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 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 40.0% of the total.

80.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.1% reported a different address.

19.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

14.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

19.0% of Main Lead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.0% 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 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 69.0% of ancestry responses in Main Lead.

Australian ancestry made up 26.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

23.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 23.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 29.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 17.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

41.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

42.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

21.4% reported asthma, 21.4% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 26.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.6%.

Median household income was $1,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,660.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $175 per week.

Working from home was 41.2% in Main Lead, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 46.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 30.8% in Main Lead, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..