Willow Grove

22.0% of Willow Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

181 family households lived in Willow Grove; 44.8% were couple families and 11.0% were one-parent families.

38.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Willow Grove had 654 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in Willow Grove.

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

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

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

39.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Willow Grove had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.2%, while 29.6% had four or more usual residents.

19.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

59.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% 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 21.0% of the total.

77.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

8.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

89.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.6% of Willow Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.4% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Willow Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 43.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 20.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.4%.

Median household income was $1,801 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $243 per week.

Working from home was 19.8% in Willow Grove, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.9% in Willow Grove, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..