Murchison East

0.0% of Murchison East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

37 family households lived in Murchison East; 21.6% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Murchison East had 140 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

65.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 65.6% of occupied private dwellings in Murchison East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

51.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

22.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Murchison East had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 50.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

55.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

13.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 23.2% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.6% reported a different address.

15.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

81.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.7% of Murchison East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.3% 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 77.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.0% of ancestry responses in Murchison East.

Australian ancestry made up 25.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

20.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 32.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 26.5% of workers, and education and training employed 14.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

21.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

40.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

14.3% reported asthma, 16.4% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.5%.

Median household income was $900 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 16.3% in Murchison East, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 51.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 26.5% in Murchison East, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..