Horsham

18.3% of Horsham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

3,965 family households lived in Horsham; 37.1% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Horsham had 15,134 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 88.6% of occupied private dwellings in Horsham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

37.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

31.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Horsham had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 17.3% had four or more usual residents.

7.9% 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.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.3% walked or cycled.

7.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.8% of the total.

53.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.2% reported a different address.

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

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

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

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 41.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

19.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.3% 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 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.5%.

Median household income was $1,294 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,187.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $245 per week.

Working from home was 7.9% in Horsham, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 30.8% in Horsham, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..