Pound Creek

14.3% of Pound Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

37 family households lived in Pound Creek; 48.6% were couple families and 8.1% were one-parent families.

29.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Pound Creek had 126 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.2% of occupied private dwellings in Pound Creek.

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

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

56.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

33.3% 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 Pound Creek had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 16.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 10.4% had four or more usual residents.

27.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

48.4% 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 4.8% 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 10.4% of the total.

89.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.4% reported a different address.

5.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

93.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.6% of Pound Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.4% 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 87.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 52.4% of ancestry responses in Pound Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

21.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 41.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 14.3% arthritis and 2.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.4%.

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

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,783.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 27.4% in Pound Creek, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 56.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 10.3% in Pound Creek, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..