Kangaroo Flat

16.1% of Kangaroo Flat's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,958 family households lived in Kangaroo Flat; 33.6% were couple families and 21.5% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Kangaroo Flat had 11,328 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kangaroo Flat.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

39.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

31.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Kangaroo Flat had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 17.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 42.0% of the total.

51.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.5% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

84.5% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

11.1% of Kangaroo Flat's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Kangaroo Flat.

Australian ancestry made up 38.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 15.3% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,144 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 10.6% in Kangaroo Flat, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 28.8% in Kangaroo Flat, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..