Benalla

14.0% of Benalla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

2,861 family households lived in Benalla; 28.6% were couple families and 18.1% were one-parent families.

27.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Benalla had 10,822 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 86.4% of occupied private dwellings in Benalla.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

44.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Benalla had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.7%, while 14.3% had four or more usual residents.

10.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

65.3% 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 4.6% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.6% of the total.

54.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Benalla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Benalla.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

16.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% 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 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.4%.

Median household income was $1,142 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,253.

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

Working from home was 10.5% in Benalla, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 44.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.1% in Benalla, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..