Meringur

12.9% of Meringur's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

15 family households lived in Meringur; 60.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

66.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Meringur had 70 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 103.6% of occupied private dwellings in Meringur.

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

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

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.0% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

The average household in Meringur had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 48.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.4%, while 10.3% had four or more usual residents.

56.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

13.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.3% 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 41.4% of the total.

58.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.0% reported a different address.

7.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.4% 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.

7.1% of Meringur's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.9% 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 92.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 60.0% of ancestry responses in Meringur.

Australian ancestry made up 17.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 80.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 20.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 69.0%.

Median household income was $849 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $50 per week.

Working from home was 56.7% in Meringur, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 25.0% in Meringur, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..