Golden Square

17.3% of Golden Square's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

2,417 family households lived in Golden Square; 35.4% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

36.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Golden Square had 9,220 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.5% of occupied private dwellings in Golden Square.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

31.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

32.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Golden Square had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

12.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

64.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 39.3% of the total.

54.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.1% reported a different address.

10.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.0% of Golden Square's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Golden Square.

Australian ancestry made up 40.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.7%.

Median household income was $1,344 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 $295 per week.

Working from home was 12.9% in Golden Square, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 31.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 35.6% in Golden Square, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..