Maiden Gully

24.7% of Maiden Gully's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

1,518 family households lived in Maiden Gully; 56.3% were couple families and 9.6% were one-parent families.

45.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Maiden Gully had 5,407 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in Maiden Gully.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

36.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

55.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Maiden Gully had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 31.5%, while 38.8% had four or more usual residents.

13.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

66.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

0.6% 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.

85.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.1% reported a different address.

5.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

94.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.8% of Maiden Gully's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 95.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.6% of ancestry responses in Maiden Gully.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

20.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

39.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

61.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.9%.

Median household income was $2,209 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,690.

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

Working from home was 13.8% in Maiden Gully, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 7.4% in Maiden Gully, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..