Bonshaw

23.5% of Bonshaw's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

272 family households lived in Bonshaw; 41.9% were couple families and 19.9% were one-parent families.

46.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Bonshaw had 949 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.8% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Bonshaw.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

16.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

53.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Bonshaw had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 27.1% had four or more usual residents.

12.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 29.8% of the total.

69.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

17.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 82.9% reported a different address.

20.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

80.5% of residents used only English at home.

17.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.

20.2% of Bonshaw's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

9.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Bonshaw.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

19.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

40.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

62.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.2% reported asthma, 5.8% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.8%.

Median household income was $1,854 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $398 per week.

Working from home was 12.2% in Bonshaw, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 16.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 29.7% in Bonshaw, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..