Gordon

20.3% of Gordon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

396 family households lived in Gordon; 42.4% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Gordon had 1,393 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

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

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

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

35.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

55.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Gordon had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.1%, while 27.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

58.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 21.3% of the total.

78.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.7% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Gordon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.7% of ancestry responses in Gordon.

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

19.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

59.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.4%.

Median household income was $2,012 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 20.4% in Gordon, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 35.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 8.5% in Gordon, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..