East Bendigo

12.6% of East Bendigo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

551 family households lived in East Bendigo; 33.2% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

31.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

East Bendigo had 2,246 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 81.1% of occupied private dwellings in East Bendigo.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

34.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

27.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in East Bendigo had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 14.1% had four or more usual residents.

12.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

62.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

8.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 42.0% of the total.

49.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.3% reported a different address.

11.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

85.5% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

11.8% of East Bendigo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.2% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in East Bendigo.

Australian ancestry made up 40.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

24.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 14.1% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.6%.

Median household income was $1,258 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,213.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 12.2% in East Bendigo, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 34.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 37.9% in East Bendigo, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..