Golden Gully

18.8% of Golden Gully's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

57 family households lived in Golden Gully; 40.4% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

28.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Golden Gully had 213 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in Golden Gully.

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

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

48.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

31.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Golden Gully had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 29.3% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 20.7% had four or more usual residents.

14.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

63.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 22.0% of the total.

78.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.0% reported a different address.

6.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

95.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.1% of Golden Gully's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.9% 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 96.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Golden Gully.

Australian ancestry made up 52.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 16.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.5%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $315 per week.

Working from home was 14.6% in Golden Gully, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Golden Gully, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..