Cardigan

23.8% of Cardigan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

283 family households lived in Cardigan; 65.7% were couple families and 4.9% were one-parent families.

43.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Cardigan had 1,064 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in Cardigan.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

37.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

55.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Cardigan had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 7.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 27.5%, while 54.6% had four or more usual residents.

12.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

64.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 8.9% of the total.

92.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.1% reported a different address.

9.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

9.5% of Cardigan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Cardigan.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

20.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

42.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 29.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

66.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 5.6% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.3%.

Median household income was $2,713 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 12.9% in Cardigan, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 7.4% in Cardigan, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..