Kalimna West

7.5% of Kalimna West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

43 family households lived in Kalimna West; 30.2% were couple families and 11.6% were one-parent families.

7.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Kalimna West had 161 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

57.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 105.1% of occupied private dwellings in Kalimna West.

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

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

59.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

35.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Kalimna West had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 29.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 54.8%, while 11.3% had four or more usual residents.

20.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

48.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 14.0% of the total.

100.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.2% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

84.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

3.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Kalimna West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% was born in Australia.

1.9% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.7% of ancestry responses in Kalimna West.

Australian ancestry made up 34.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

4.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 20.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.4% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

19.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

42.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.6% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.8%.

Median household income was $1,149 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,470.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 20.6% in Kalimna West, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 59.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 5.3% in Kalimna West, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..