Myers Flat

16.3% of Myers Flat's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

152 family households lived in Myers Flat; 39.5% were couple families and 8.6% were one-parent families.

26.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Myers Flat had 545 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Myers Flat.

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

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

53.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

38.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Myers Flat had 2.5 people.

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

Two-person households represented 39.7%, while 21.6% had four or more usual residents.

14.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

64.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.5% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 20.7% of the total.

74.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.7% reported a different address.

5.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.7% of Myers Flat's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.3% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.2% of ancestry responses in Myers Flat.

Australian ancestry made up 45.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.3% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.8%.

Median household income was $1,525 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,344.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $190 per week.

Working from home was 14.2% in Myers Flat, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 53.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 8.4% in Myers Flat, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..