Armstrong Creek

25.9% of Armstrong Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

3,033 family households lived in Armstrong Creek; 51.1% were couple families and 15.3% were one-parent families.

54.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Armstrong Creek had 11,247 residents at the 2021 Census.

41.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Armstrong Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

11.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

54.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Armstrong Creek had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 13.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 31.2%, while 33.3% had four or more usual residents.

18.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 27.2% of the total.

71.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

22.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 77.6% reported a different address.

18.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

83.4% of residents used only English at home.

13.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

18.9% of Armstrong Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.1% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

3.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Armstrong Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

23.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 79.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

44.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 4.6% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.2%.

Median household income was $2,200 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 18.1% in Armstrong Creek, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 11.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 34.9% in Armstrong Creek, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..