Bairnsdale

17.0% of Bairnsdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,981 family households lived in Bairnsdale; 32.6% were couple families and 22.7% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Bairnsdale had 7,905 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 84.2% of occupied private dwellings in Bairnsdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

38.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

27.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Bairnsdale had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.5%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.3% walked or cycled.

8.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 42.0% of the total.

49.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.7% reported a different address.

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

85.7% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.7% of Bairnsdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.7% of ancestry responses in Bairnsdale.

Australian ancestry made up 40.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

16.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.

Median household income was $1,101 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,192.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Bairnsdale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 34.7% in Bairnsdale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..