East Bairnsdale

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

342 family households lived in East Bairnsdale; 30.1% were couple families and 29.8% were one-parent families.

29.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

East Bairnsdale had 1,352 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.7% of occupied private dwellings in East Bairnsdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

36.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in East Bairnsdale had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 15.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

64.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

9.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

49.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.3% reported a different address.

9.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

81.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.2% of East Bairnsdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.6% of ancestry responses in East Bairnsdale.

Australian ancestry made up 37.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

12.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

19.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.2%.

Median household income was $967 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,088.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in East Bairnsdale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 37.6% in East Bairnsdale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..