Wellsford

12.5% of Wellsford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

44 family households lived in Wellsford; 40.9% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

20.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Wellsford had 144 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 86.4% of occupied private dwellings in Wellsford.

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

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Wellsford had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 49.0%, while 27.5% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

74.7% 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 18.8% of the total.

95.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.1% reported a different address.

9.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.7% 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.

9.0% of Wellsford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.0% 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 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Wellsford.

Australian ancestry made up 41.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 21.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

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

56.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.9%.

Median household income was $1,421 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 $200 per week.

Working from home was 10.7% in Wellsford, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.0% in Wellsford, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..