Meredith

17.4% of Meredith's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

235 family households lived in Meredith; 43.0% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Meredith had 821 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.9% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 99.7% of occupied private dwellings in Meredith.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

38.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

47.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Meredith had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.

18.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

58.1% 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 4.9% 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 20.4% of the total.

78.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.8% reported a different address.

11.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.0% of Meredith's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.0% 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 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Meredith.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 23.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

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

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.4%.

Median household income was $1,638 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 18.6% in Meredith, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.2% in Meredith, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..