Malmsbury

17.9% of Malmsbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

253 family households lived in Malmsbury; 41.1% were couple families and 9.9% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Malmsbury had 905 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.1% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Malmsbury.

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

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

39.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

49.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Malmsbury had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.9%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

29.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

53.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 27.9% of the total.

71.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.8% reported a different address.

12.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.4% of Malmsbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.6% of ancestry responses in Malmsbury.

Australian ancestry made up 37.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

32.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 13.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.5%.

Median household income was $1,636 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,324.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 29.0% in Malmsbury, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.1% in Malmsbury, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..