Charlemont

19.6% of Charlemont's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

686 family households lived in Charlemont; 42.4% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

43.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Charlemont had 2,612 residents at the 2021 Census.

44.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 97.9% of occupied private dwellings in Charlemont.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

10.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

60.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Charlemont had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 22.6% had four or more usual residents.

16.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

63.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 30.7% of the total.

68.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

9.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 90.6% reported a different address.

18.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

78.6% of residents used only English at home.

16.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

18.4% of Charlemont's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

5.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.2% of ancestry responses in Charlemont.

Australian ancestry made up 38.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

23.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 78.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

47.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

64.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.0%.

Median household income was $2,102 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 $415 per week.

Working from home was 16.0% in Charlemont, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 10.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 28.7% in Charlemont, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..