Whitfield

14.1% of Whitfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

62 family households lived in Whitfield; 17.7% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

25.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Whitfield had 220 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.0% of occupied private dwellings in Whitfield.

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

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

62.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

18.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Whitfield had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 43.4%, while 7.1% had four or more usual residents.

17.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

46.2% 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 12.8% 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 26.6% of the total.

74.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.7% reported a different address.

13.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

84.1% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.6% of Whitfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.4% 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 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Whitfield.

Australian ancestry made up 35.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 23.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

63.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 27.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.4%.

Median household income was $1,137 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 17.9% in Whitfield, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 62.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.7% in Whitfield, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..