Lake Wendouree

13.8% of Lake Wendouree's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

754 family households lived in Lake Wendouree; 36.7% were couple families and 10.5% were one-parent families.

28.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Lake Wendouree had 2,878 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 79.2% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Wendouree.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

51.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

22.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Lake Wendouree had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.6%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

19.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

53.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.3% of the total.

55.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.9% reported a different address.

12.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

12.3% of Lake Wendouree's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Lake Wendouree.

Australian ancestry made up 33.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

35.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 19.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.6%.

Median household income was $1,953 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,106.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $321 per week.

Working from home was 19.8% in Lake Wendouree, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 51.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 25.6% in Lake Wendouree, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..