Hotham Heights

10.9% of Hotham Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

13 family households lived in Hotham Heights; 30.8% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

23.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Hotham Heights had 128 residents at the 2021 Census.

44.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.8% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 0.0% of occupied private dwellings in Hotham Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 75.8% of occupied private dwellings.

30.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

21.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

48.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Hotham Heights had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 36.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

12.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

10.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

13.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 45.6% walked or cycled.

24.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 69.0% of the total.

17.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

27.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 72.7% reported a different address.

15.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

71.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.6% used a language other than English at home.

3.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.6% of Hotham Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Hotham Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 26.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

11.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

63.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.5% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.7%.

Median household income was $2,107 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $834.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $470 per week.

Working from home was 12.2% in Hotham Heights, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 30.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 48.5% in Hotham Heights, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..