Murchison North

17.8% of Murchison North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

55 family households lived in Murchison North; 43.6% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

20.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Murchison North had 185 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.8% 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 98.5% of occupied private dwellings in Murchison North.

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

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

55.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Murchison North had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 39.4%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.

24.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.6% 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 2.7% 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 9.4% of the total.

92.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.5% reported a different address.

3.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

94.1% 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.

3.2% of Murchison North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.8% 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 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.7% of ancestry responses in Murchison North.

Australian ancestry made up 40.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 27.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

44.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.9% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.0%.

Median household income was $2,042 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,474.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 24.8% in Murchison North, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 55.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.1% in Murchison North, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..