Cape Woolamai

18.8% of Cape Woolamai's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

583 family households lived in Cape Woolamai; 42.2% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Cape Woolamai had 2,301 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 88.0% of occupied private dwellings in Cape Woolamai.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

40.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Cape Woolamai had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.7%, while 23.1% had four or more usual residents.

20.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 34.5% of the total.

64.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.6% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

83.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.2% of Cape Woolamai's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Cape Woolamai.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

21.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.5%.

Median household income was $1,471 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 $340 per week.

Working from home was 20.3% in Cape Woolamai, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.9% in Cape Woolamai, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..