Purnim

15.4% of Purnim's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89 family households lived in Purnim; 41.6% were couple families and 10.1% were one-parent families.

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

Purnim had 292 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 103.9% of occupied private dwellings in Purnim.

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

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

41.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

46.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Purnim had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 18.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.1%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

15.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

61.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% 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 22.4% of the total.

78.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.9% reported a different address.

8.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

94.2% 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.

8.2% of Purnim's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.8% 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 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.8% of ancestry responses in Purnim.

Australian ancestry made up 52.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 21.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.1% of workers, and education and training employed 3.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.6% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.7%.

Median household income was $1,699 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,322.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $235 per week.

Working from home was 15.8% in Purnim, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 41.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.5% in Purnim, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..