Simpson

19.4% of Simpson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

158 family households lived in Simpson; 44.9% were couple families and 12.7% were one-parent families.

32.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Simpson had 583 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.5% of occupied private dwellings in Simpson.

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

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

45.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

38.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Simpson had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.3%, while 31.3% had four or more usual residents.

23.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

44.2% 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 13.4% 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 23.6% of the total.

76.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.7% reported a different address.

8.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.7% of Simpson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% 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 85.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.9% of ancestry responses in Simpson.

Australian ancestry made up 44.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 40.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.1% of workers, and education and training employed 4.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

43.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

64.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.7%.

Median household income was $1,566 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $228 per week.

Working from home was 23.1% in Simpson, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 16.2% in Simpson, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..