Bendigo

12.8% of Bendigo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,429 family households lived in Bendigo; 30.9% were couple families and 20.6% were one-parent families.

30.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Bendigo had 5,652 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 81.7% of occupied private dwellings in Bendigo.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

31.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

22.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Bendigo had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 38.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 12.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

52.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.7% walked or cycled.

9.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 45.1% of the total.

45.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.5% reported a different address.

12.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

85.6% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

12.6% of Bendigo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.4% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

2.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Bendigo.

Australian ancestry made up 35.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

30.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.4%.

Median household income was $1,429 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,482.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 15.8% in Bendigo, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 31.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 45.5% in Bendigo, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..