Dinner Plain

7.0% of Dinner Plain's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

22 family households lived in Dinner Plain; 40.9% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Dinner Plain had 128 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 78.4% of occupied private dwellings in Dinner Plain.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

40.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

36.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Dinner Plain had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 15.0% had four or more usual residents.

18.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

18.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 33.7% walked or cycled.

9.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

48.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

34.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 65.1% reported a different address.

14.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

79.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% used a language other than English at home.

6.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.1% of Dinner Plain's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Dinner Plain.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 21.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.3% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 79.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

40.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 33.6% worked part time.

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

62.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $2,250 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,452.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $269 per week.

Working from home was 18.5% in Dinner Plain, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 40.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Renting accounted for 22.7% in Dinner Plain, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..