Echuca West

17.6% of Echuca West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

124 family households lived in Echuca West; 46.8% were couple families and 2.4% were one-parent families.

26.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Echuca West had 442 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in Echuca West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

48.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Echuca West had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 14.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 41.1%, while 35.5% had four or more usual residents.

10.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

69.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 10.6% of the total.

83.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.2% reported a different address.

5.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.4% of Echuca West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.5% of ancestry responses in Echuca West.

Australian ancestry made up 45.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 20.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

39.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.4%.

Median household income was $1,713 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,723.

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

Working from home was 10.9% in Echuca West, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 44.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 7.1% in Echuca West, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..