Castlemaine

12.6% of Castlemaine's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,829 family households lived in Castlemaine; 30.0% were couple families and 20.3% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Castlemaine had 7,506 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.6% of occupied private dwellings in Castlemaine.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

50.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

25.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.1% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

The average household in Castlemaine had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 39.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.3%, while 12.0% had four or more usual residents.

28.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

43.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.0% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 48.1% of the total.

42.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.5% reported a different address.

14.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

81.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.4% of Castlemaine's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.6% 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 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Castlemaine.

Australian ancestry made up 32.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

33.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

19.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 13.1% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.2%.

Median household income was $1,106 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,362.

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

Working from home was 28.3% in Castlemaine, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 24.1% in Castlemaine, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..