Shelford

22.4% of Shelford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

77 family households lived in Shelford; 53.2% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

46.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Shelford had 263 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.6% of occupied private dwellings in Shelford.

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

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

42.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

44.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Shelford had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 33.3% had four or more usual residents.

18.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

65.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

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

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 16.5% of the total.

80.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.6% reported a different address.

7.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

95.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.6% of Shelford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.4% 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 94.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 55.5% of ancestry responses in Shelford.

Australian ancestry made up 38.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 19.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 3.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.5% worked part time.

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

65.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

15.2% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.2%.

Median household income was $1,778 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,330.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 18.3% in Shelford, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 42.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.3% in Shelford, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..