Barkers Creek

19.3% of Barkers Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

136 family households lived in Barkers Creek; 42.6% were couple families and 6.6% were one-parent families.

30.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Barkers Creek had 487 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 101.7% of occupied private dwellings in Barkers Creek.

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

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

50.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

42.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Barkers Creek had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.2%, while 27.5% had four or more usual residents.

24.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

59.0% 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 1.8% 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 25.3% of the total.

74.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.6% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.1% of Barkers Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% 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 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Barkers Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

32.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.4% of workers, and education and training employed 13.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

24.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.6%.

Median household income was $1,555 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,602.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 24.8% in Barkers Creek, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 7.5% in Barkers Creek, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..