Kialla

22.6% of Kialla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

2,390 family households lived in Kialla; 50.4% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

42.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Kialla had 8,667 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.5% of occupied private dwellings in Kialla.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

38.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

49.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Kialla had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 33.1% had four or more usual residents.

9.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

71.6% 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 1.3% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 22.5% of the total.

76.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

76.1% of residents used only English at home.

20.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

17.3% of Kialla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

4.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.7% of ancestry responses in Kialla.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

19.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

61.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.4%.

Median household income was $1,998 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

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

Working from home was 9.7% in Kialla, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 12.4% in Kialla, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..