Daylesford

11.3% of Daylesford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

714 family households lived in Daylesford; 24.1% were couple families and 18.1% were one-parent families.

25.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Daylesford had 2,781 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Daylesford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

25.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Daylesford had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 40.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.2%, while 9.7% had four or more usual residents.

26.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

45.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.7% walked or cycled.

6.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 46.2% of the total.

46.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.6% reported a different address.

19.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

19.0% of Daylesford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.0% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Daylesford.

Australian ancestry made up 26.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

22.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

22.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

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

50.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.3% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.5%.

Median household income was $1,185 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,532.

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

Working from home was 26.8% in Daylesford, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.0% in Daylesford, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..