Bright

14.7% of Bright's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

697 family households lived in Bright; 32.7% were couple families and 12.3% were one-parent families.

30.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Bright had 2,620 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bright.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

47.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

27.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.5% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

The average household in Bright had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 16.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

45.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.9% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 40.3% of the total.

55.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.3% reported a different address.

15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.9% of Bright's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Bright.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

20.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 20.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.1%.

Median household income was $1,352 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,638.

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

Working from home was 20.6% in Bright, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

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