Nyah

12.5% of Nyah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

148 family households lived in Nyah; 27.0% were couple families and 12.2% were one-parent families.

26.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Nyah had 536 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 81.7% of occupied private dwellings in Nyah.

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

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

46.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Nyah had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 45.9%, while 10.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

6.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 31.5% of the total.

62.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

17.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

75.2% of residents used only English at home.

15.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

17.2% of Nyah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.0% of ancestry responses in Nyah.

Australian ancestry made up 38.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 9.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

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

54.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $1,130 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $210 per week.

Working from home was 5.9% in Nyah, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 46.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 20.2% in Nyah, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..