Herne Hill

17.0% of Herne Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

904 family households lived in Herne Hill; 40.0% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

38.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Herne Hill had 3,507 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 71.4% of occupied private dwellings in Herne Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 18.6% of occupied private dwellings.

27.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

33.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Herne Hill had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 40.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 29.9%, while 16.1% had four or more usual residents.

19.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

59.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

8.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 43.6% of the total.

47.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.0% reported a different address.

12.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

7.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.9% of Herne Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in Herne Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

23.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.5%.

Median household income was $1,420 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 $270 per week.

Working from home was 19.1% in Herne Hill, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 27.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 38.9% in Herne Hill, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..