Prairie

16.2% of Prairie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

9 family households lived in Prairie; 0.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Prairie had 37 residents at the 2021 Census.

8.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 63.2% of occupied private dwellings in Prairie.

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

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

75.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

25.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Prairie had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

12.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

54.2% 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 20.8% 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 0.0% of the total.

108.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

82.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 17.1% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

102.7% 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.

0.0% of Prairie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 100.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Prairie.

Australian ancestry made up 40.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 50.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 25.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

60.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.5% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 13.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.0%.

Median household income was $2,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,117.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.

Working from home was 12.5% in Prairie, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 75.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Prairie, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..