Goornong

20.6% of Goornong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

187 family households lived in Goornong; 55.6% were couple families and 9.1% were one-parent families.

42.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Goornong had 718 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Goornong.

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

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

35.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

55.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Goornong had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 26.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

65.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat 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 20.6% of the total.

77.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.0% reported a different address.

4.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.9% of Goornong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.1% 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 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in Goornong.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 18.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.6%.

Median household income was $1,687 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 $245 per week.

Working from home was 15.4% in Goornong, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 35.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.5% in Goornong, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..