Junortoun

21.8% of Junortoun's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1,082 family households lived in Junortoun; 51.5% were couple families and 7.5% were one-parent families.

40.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Junortoun had 3,862 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Junortoun.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

42.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

52.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Junortoun had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 35.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

63.0% 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 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 21.2% of the total.

76.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.0% reported a different address.

8.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

8.7% of Junortoun's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Junortoun.

Australian ancestry made up 43.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

28.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.9%.

Median household income was $2,170 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 17.8% in Junortoun, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 42.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 4.8% in Junortoun, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..