Neerim East

17.9% of Neerim East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

46 family households lived in Neerim East; 32.6% were couple families and 8.7% were one-parent families.

21.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Neerim East had 196 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.2% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Neerim East.

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

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

43.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

46.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Neerim East had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 31.9%, while 17.4% had four or more usual residents.

23.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

51.1% 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 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 20.3% of the total.

66.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.3% reported a different address.

4.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.1% of Neerim East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.9% 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 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.8% of ancestry responses in Neerim East.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 27.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

35.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.8%.

Median household income was $1,583 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $166 per week.

Working from home was 23.4% in Neerim East, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 43.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 10.3% in Neerim East, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..