Hopetoun

13.5% of Hopetoun's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

195 family households lived in Hopetoun; 26.2% were couple families and 11.8% were one-parent families.

22.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Hopetoun had 694 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

53.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Hopetoun.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

66.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

16.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Hopetoun had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 42.4%, while 9.7% had four or more usual residents.

14.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

60.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.1% of the total.

59.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.1% reported a different address.

6.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.8% of Hopetoun's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Hopetoun.

Australian ancestry made up 49.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 23.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 17.0% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.2%.

Median household income was $1,120 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 14.3% in Hopetoun, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 66.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 16.5% in Hopetoun, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..