Neerim

16.5% of Neerim's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

65 family households lived in Neerim; 35.4% were couple families and 7.7% were one-parent families.

21.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Neerim had 218 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.5% of occupied private dwellings in Neerim.

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

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

49.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

41.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Neerim had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 18.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 59.5%, while 16.2% had four or more usual residents.

26.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.9% 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 23.0% of the total.

71.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.9% reported a different address.

16.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

82.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.1% of Neerim's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.9% 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 86.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.5% of ancestry responses in Neerim.

Australian ancestry made up 44.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 17.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.5%.

Median household income was $1,401 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,084.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 26.5% in Neerim, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 49.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.6% in Neerim, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..