Maldon

9.1% of Maldon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

465 family households lived in Maldon; 24.5% were couple families and 12.3% were one-parent families.

20.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Maldon had 1,665 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.0% of occupied private dwellings in Maldon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

56.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Maldon had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 38.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 43.2%, while 8.6% had four or more usual residents.

21.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

55.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 38.7% of the total.

59.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.7% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.0% of Maldon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.1% of ancestry responses in Maldon.

Australian ancestry made up 34.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

24.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 15.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

19.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 15.3% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.0%.

Median household income was $1,059 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 $268 per week.

Working from home was 21.8% in Maldon, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 56.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.6% in Maldon, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..