Thorpdale

18.3% of Thorpdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

139 family households lived in Thorpdale; 39.6% were couple families and 15.1% were one-parent families.

34.5% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Thorpdale had 475 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 101.1% of occupied private dwellings in Thorpdale.

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

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

52.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

37.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Thorpdale had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.3%, while 19.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

52.4% 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 6.5% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 20.9% of the total.

78.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

80.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 20.0% reported a different address.

9.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.1% of Thorpdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Thorpdale.

Australian ancestry made up 48.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 26.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.1%.

Median household income was $1,220 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 19.5% in Thorpdale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 52.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 10.7% in Thorpdale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..