Buninyong

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

1,061 family households lived in Buninyong; 44.8% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Buninyong had 3,797 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.7% of occupied private dwellings in Buninyong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

47.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

38.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Buninyong had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.1%, while 27.3% had four or more usual residents.

20.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

58.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 25.7% of the total.

71.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.1% reported a different address.

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

94.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.6% of Buninyong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.7% of ancestry responses in Buninyong.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

28.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 16.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.7%.

Median household income was $1,745 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $305 per week.

Working from home was 20.5% in Buninyong, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.4% in Buninyong, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..