Neerim Junction

10.8% of Neerim Junction's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

41 family households lived in Neerim Junction; 34.1% were couple families and 19.5% were one-parent families.

26.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Neerim Junction had 139 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Neerim Junction.

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

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

42.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

47.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Neerim Junction had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 28.8% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 42.4%, while 5.1% had four or more usual residents.

19.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

42.6% 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 13.2% 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 18.6% of the total.

76.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.2% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.8% 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.

10.1% of Neerim Junction's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% 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 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.6% of ancestry responses in Neerim Junction.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 32.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.9% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 8.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.1%.

Median household income was $1,312 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,539.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 19.1% in Neerim Junction, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 42.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.8% in Neerim Junction, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..