Tallarook

14.4% of Tallarook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

228 family households lived in Tallarook; 33.8% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

26.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Tallarook had 748 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.6% of occupied private dwellings in Tallarook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

48.4% 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.

11.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Tallarook had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 21.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.9%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

63.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 20.2% of the total.

79.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.8% reported a different address.

9.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

93.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.4% of Tallarook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.6% 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 94.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.5% of ancestry responses in Tallarook.

Australian ancestry made up 43.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 15.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.8%.

Median household income was $1,775 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $263 per week.

Working from home was 20.5% in Tallarook, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.6% in Tallarook, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..