Towong Upper

29.7% of Towong Upper's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

10 family households lived in Towong Upper; 70.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

70.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Towong Upper had 37 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

56.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 109.1% of occupied private dwellings in Towong Upper.

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

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

64.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

35.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Towong Upper had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 50.0%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

18.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

62.5% 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 18.8% 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 25.0% of the total.

58.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

86.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 13.5% reported a different address.

16.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

102.7% of residents used only English at home.

16.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.2% of Towong Upper's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.8% 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 102.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.9% of ancestry responses in Towong Upper.

Australian ancestry made up 59.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 56.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 37.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.8% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

47.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 31.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.3%.

Median household income was $2,166 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.

Working from home was 18.8% in Towong Upper, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 64.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Towong Upper, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..