Eaglehawk

16.9% of Eaglehawk's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,483 family households lived in Eaglehawk; 34.4% were couple families and 22.9% were one-parent families.

34.5% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Eaglehawk had 5,538 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.4% of occupied private dwellings in Eaglehawk.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

32.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Eaglehawk had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 39.5% of the total.

53.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.2% reported a different address.

7.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.1% of Eaglehawk's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.5% of ancestry responses in Eaglehawk.

Australian ancestry made up 41.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.3% reported asthma, 14.4% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.0%.

Median household income was $1,140 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

Working from home was 8.7% in Eaglehawk, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 29.5% in Eaglehawk, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..