Clunes

14.2% of Clunes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

521 family households lived in Clunes; 28.6% were couple families and 18.2% were one-parent families.

28.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Clunes had 1,844 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.2% of occupied private dwellings in Clunes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

50.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

35.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Clunes had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.2%, while 13.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

60.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 34.6% of the total.

62.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.1% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.2% of Clunes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.8% of ancestry responses in Clunes.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

21.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

44.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 15.7% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.5%.

Median household income was $1,037 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,127.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 17.2% in Clunes, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.1% in Clunes, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..