Dennington

21.9% of Dennington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

549 family households lived in Dennington; 45.7% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

43.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Dennington had 1,994 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Dennington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

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

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

49.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Dennington had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 27.6% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

72.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 29.5% of the total.

68.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

6.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.5% of Dennington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.5% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Dennington.

Australian ancestry made up 43.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

59.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.1%.

Median household income was $1,727 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,430.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in Dennington, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.0% in Dennington, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..