Belmont

17.2% of Belmont's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

3,796 family households lived in Belmont; 40.9% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Belmont had 15,066 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 77.7% of occupied private dwellings in Belmont.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Belmont had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.1%, while 19.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

57.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

6.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 42.3% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.0% reported a different address.

17.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

84.7% of residents used only English at home.

11.1% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

17.0% of Belmont's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.0% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in Belmont.

Australian ancestry made up 36.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

27.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.3% 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 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.3%.

Median household income was $1,517 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,703.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 19.4% in Belmont, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 35.9% in Belmont, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..