Ararat

14.4% of Ararat's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

2,045 family households lived in Ararat; 31.9% were couple families and 19.2% were one-parent families.

31.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Ararat had 8,500 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.6% of occupied private dwellings in Ararat.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

42.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

30.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Ararat had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.7%, while 16.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

65.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

53.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.0% reported a different address.

12.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

79.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

12.2% of Ararat's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.7% of ancestry responses in Ararat.

Australian ancestry made up 38.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

14.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.1%.

Median household income was $1,216 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 6.4% in Ararat, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 42.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.4% in Ararat, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..