Maffra

19.1% of Maffra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,455 family households lived in Maffra; 36.6% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Maffra had 5,384 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.6% of occupied private dwellings in Maffra.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

41.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

36.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Maffra had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.2%, while 20.3% had four or more usual residents.

8.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 33.7% of the total.

61.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.8% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.1% of Maffra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Maffra.

Australian ancestry made up 44.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $1,285 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 8.9% in Maffra, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 41.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Renting accounted for 22.3% in Maffra, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..