Echuca

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

4,052 family households lived in Echuca; 35.1% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

33.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Echuca had 15,056 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 86.0% of occupied private dwellings in Echuca.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

39.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

31.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Echuca had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.0%, while 19.6% had four or more usual residents.

8.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

6.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

57.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

8.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.4% of Echuca's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Echuca.

Australian ancestry made up 42.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $1,335 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,468.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 8.4% in Echuca, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 29.3% in Echuca, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..