Cowes

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

1,765 family households lived in Cowes; 27.7% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

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

Cowes had 6,593 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 83.3% of occupied private dwellings in Cowes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

48.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

23.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Cowes had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.8%, while 14.0% had four or more usual residents.

18.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.1% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 44.9% of the total.

49.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.3% reported a different address.

19.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

85.5% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

19.9% of Cowes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.5% of ancestry responses in Cowes.

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

16.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

19.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

9.0% reported asthma, 14.8% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.0%.

Median household income was $1,026 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,550.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $331 per week.

Working from home was 18.0% in Cowes, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.9% in Cowes, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..