Bet Bet

21.5% of Bet Bet's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

30 family households lived in Bet Bet; 36.7% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

26.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Bet Bet had 135 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bet Bet.

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

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

55.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

26.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Bet Bet had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 30.4%, while 13.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

75.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 26.1% of the total.

69.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.1% reported a different address.

3.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

87.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.7% of Bet Bet's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.3% 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 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.4% of ancestry responses in Bet Bet.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 0.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.8% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

21.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 12.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.9% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 8.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.5%.

Median household income was $860 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $228 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in Bet Bet, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 55.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.8% in Bet Bet, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..