California Gully

18.7% of California Gully's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,145 family households lived in California Gully; 30.5% were couple families and 29.9% were one-parent families.

38.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

California Gully had 4,476 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.2% of occupied private dwellings in California Gully.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

31.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

33.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in California Gully had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

69.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% 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 41.2% of the total.

51.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.8% reported a different address.

9.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

84.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.1% of California Gully's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in California Gully.

Australian ancestry made up 40.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

12.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.1% reported asthma, 14.1% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.8%.

Median household income was $1,054 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $251 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in California Gully, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 31.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 35.0% in California Gully, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..