Rupanyup

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

149 family households lived in Rupanyup; 32.2% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

26.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Rupanyup had 545 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 102.9% of occupied private dwellings in Rupanyup.

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

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

67.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

21.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Rupanyup had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 16.4% had four or more usual residents.

21.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.6% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 29.3% of the total.

68.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.7% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

8.8% of Rupanyup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.7% of ancestry responses in Rupanyup.

Australian ancestry made up 44.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 33.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.8% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.3%.

Median household income was $1,083 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $165 per week.

Working from home was 21.3% in Rupanyup, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 67.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.1% in Rupanyup, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..