Purnim West

40.0% of Purnim West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

16 family households lived in Purnim West; 37.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Purnim West had 50 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.0% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 118.2% of occupied private dwellings in Purnim West.

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

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

60.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

40.0% 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 Purnim West had 2.8 people.

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

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 23.1% had four or more usual residents.

30.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

46.2% 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 0.0% 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.

92.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

82.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 17.5% reported a different address.

6.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

90.0% 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.

6.0% of Purnim West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.0% 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 82.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.0% of ancestry responses in Purnim West.

Australian ancestry made up 48.0% 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 57.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 19.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

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

66.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

0.0% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $2,624 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $346 per week.

Working from home was 30.8% in Purnim West, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 60.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

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