Nilma

22.7% of Nilma's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

95 family households lived in Nilma; 53.7% were couple families and 6.3% were one-parent families.

32.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Nilma had 410 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.8% of occupied private dwellings in Nilma.

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

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

47.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

47.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Nilma had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 22.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 27.6%, while 30.7% had four or more usual residents.

15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

60.6% 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 3.4% 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 20.5% of the total.

77.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.6% reported a different address.

5.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

89.0% 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.

5.1% of Nilma's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.9% 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 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.9% of ancestry responses in Nilma.

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 13.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.1%.

Median household income was $1,625 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 15.4% in Nilma, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 5.4% in Nilma, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..