Merino

6.8% of Merino's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

70 family households lived in Merino; 27.1% were couple families and 10.0% were one-parent families.

21.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Merino had 249 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.3% of occupied private dwellings in Merino.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

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

68.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

22.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Merino had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 44.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 42.9%, while 10.1% had four or more usual residents.

11.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

62.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% 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 34.5% of the total.

69.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.3% reported a different address.

11.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.8% of residents used only English at home.

1.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.6% of Merino's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.4% 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 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.8% of ancestry responses in Merino.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 23.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

22.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

39.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.0% reported asthma, 20.9% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $769 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.

Working from home was 11.8% in Merino, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 68.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.2% in Merino, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..