Highton

18.9% of Highton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

5,529 family households lived in Highton; 49.0% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Highton had 20,736 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 87.3% of occupied private dwellings in Highton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

39.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

39.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Highton had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 23.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 29.0% had four or more usual residents.

23.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

55.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 29.8% of the total.

66.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.4% reported a different address.

19.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

83.4% of residents used only English at home.

13.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

19.4% of Highton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.6% was born in Australia.

1.5% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.4% of ancestry responses in Highton.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

30.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.2% of workers, and education and training employed 13.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

35.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

61.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.5%.

Median household income was $2,054 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 23.3% in Highton, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.8% in Highton, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..