Golden Beach

3.7% of Golden Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

100 family households lived in Golden Beach; 11.0% were couple families and 5.0% were one-parent families.

7.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Golden Beach had 356 residents at the 2021 Census.

8.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

65.4% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 84.8% of occupied private dwellings in Golden Beach.

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

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

60.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Golden Beach had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 44.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 46.7%, while 3.3% had four or more usual residents.

13.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

61.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

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

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 41.9% of the total.

55.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.5% reported a different address.

21.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

21.3% of Golden Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.7% 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 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.5% of ancestry responses in Golden Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 33.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

15.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

41.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.8% reported asthma, 19.4% arthritis and 11.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $714 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $858.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 13.5% in Golden Beach, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 60.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.0% in Golden Beach, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..