Walpeup

18.1% of Walpeup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

34 family households lived in Walpeup; 29.4% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

52.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Walpeup had 171 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.4% of occupied private dwellings in Walpeup.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

75.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

13.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Walpeup had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 20.3% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

80.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 42.2% of the total.

60.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.4% reported a different address.

4.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

78.9% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.1% of Walpeup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.9% 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 78.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.4% of ancestry responses in Walpeup.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 39.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

11.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

42.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.4%.

Median household income was $900 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $542.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Walpeup, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 75.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 11.5% in Walpeup, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..