Mallacoota

11.7% of Mallacoota's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

303 family households lived in Mallacoota; 27.4% were couple families and 11.2% were one-parent families.

21.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Mallacoota had 1,183 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

57.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.4% of occupied private dwellings in Mallacoota.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

62.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

20.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Mallacoota had 2.0 people.

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

Two-person households represented 39.5%, while 10.8% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

47.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.4% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

56.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.8% reported a different address.

16.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.7% of Mallacoota's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.3% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Mallacoota.

Australian ancestry made up 30.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 18.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 14.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

18.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 15.6% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.6%.

Median household income was $1,031 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,148.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $221 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Mallacoota, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 62.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.0% in Mallacoota, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..