Clifton Springs

15.5% of Clifton Springs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,284 family households lived in Clifton Springs; 34.7% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

28.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Clifton Springs had 7,646 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.2% of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Springs.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

43.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

37.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Clifton Springs had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 26.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.0%, while 17.1% had four or more usual residents.

15.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

62.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 35.2% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.5% reported a different address.

16.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.0% of Clifton Springs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.0% 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 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.3% of ancestry responses in Clifton Springs.

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $1,348 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

Working from home was 15.5% in Clifton Springs, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 43.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.3% in Clifton Springs, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..