Tarrington

20.7% of Tarrington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

92 family households lived in Tarrington; 44.6% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

31.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Tarrington had 328 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.8% of occupied private dwellings in Tarrington.

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

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

61.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

33.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Tarrington had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 42.5%, while 16.5% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

60.7% 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 6.0% 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 11.8% of the total.

78.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.1% reported a different address.

9.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

94.8% of residents used only English at home.

0.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.5% of Tarrington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.5% 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 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Tarrington.

Australian ancestry made up 36.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

22.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 25.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 28.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

64.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.5% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.5%.

Median household income was $1,713 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,632.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $215 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Tarrington, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 61.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 5.2% in Tarrington, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..