East Geelong

15.5% of East Geelong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,077 family households lived in East Geelong; 40.7% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

East Geelong had 4,012 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.4% of occupied private dwellings in East Geelong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

33.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

35.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in East Geelong had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 17.4% had four or more usual residents.

23.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

49.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 41.3% of the total.

52.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.3% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

14.2% of East Geelong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in East Geelong.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

31.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 7.7% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.8%.

Median household income was $1,782 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,827.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 23.1% in East Geelong, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 33.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 31.4% in East Geelong, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..