Hamlyn Heights

17.1% of Hamlyn Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1,730 family households lived in Hamlyn Heights; 40.9% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Hamlyn Heights had 6,518 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 83.9% of occupied private dwellings in Hamlyn Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

35.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

34.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Hamlyn Heights had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 19.7% had four or more usual residents.

19.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

59.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 38.2% of the total.

56.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.2% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

83.7% of residents used only English at home.

12.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

15.4% of Hamlyn Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.0% of ancestry responses in Hamlyn Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

24.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

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

58.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.7%.

Median household income was $1,643 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 $345 per week.

Working from home was 19.2% in Hamlyn Heights, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 35.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 30.1% in Hamlyn Heights, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..