Hamilton

16.7% of Hamilton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,728 family households lived in Hamilton; 36.1% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

33.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Hamilton had 10,346 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

43.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

32.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.3% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

The average household in Hamilton had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 16.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.8% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.0% of the total.

56.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.2% reported a different address.

7.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

7.9% of Hamilton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.1% of ancestry responses in Hamilton.

Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.9%.

Median household income was $1,247 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $235 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in Hamilton, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 43.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 24.3% in Hamilton, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..