Breakwater

14.5% of Breakwater's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

253 family households lived in Breakwater; 28.5% were couple families and 26.9% were one-parent families.

33.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Breakwater had 1,060 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 76.5% of occupied private dwellings in Breakwater.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.2% of occupied private dwellings.

30.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

30.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Breakwater had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 38.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 11.3% had four or more usual residents.

8.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

65.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

7.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 45.9% of the total.

46.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.5% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

78.3% of residents used only English at home.

10.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Breakwater's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.0% of ancestry responses in Breakwater.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

17.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,077 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,213.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 8.9% in Breakwater, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 30.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 39.1% in Breakwater, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..