Geelong

10.2% of Geelong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,346 family households lived in Geelong; 33.1% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Geelong had 5,811 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 51.8% of occupied private dwellings in Geelong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 25.3% of occupied private dwellings.

34.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

20.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.1% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Geelong had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 39.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 12.9% had four or more usual residents.

21.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

42.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 15.6% walked or cycled.

11.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 47.5% of the total.

40.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.7% reported a different address.

22.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

78.2% of residents used only English at home.

16.5% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

22.7% of Geelong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.3% was born in Australia.

1.8% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.3% of ancestry responses in Geelong.

Australian ancestry made up 30.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.1% of responses.

32.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.2%.

Median household income was $1,670 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 21.6% in Geelong, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 34.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 45.1% in Geelong, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..