Mansfield

18.0% of Mansfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1,486 family households lived in Mansfield; 35.1% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

33.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Mansfield had 5,541 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mansfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

45.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.6% 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 Mansfield had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.5%, while 19.6% had four or more usual residents.

12.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

61.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.1% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.

63.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.4% reported a different address.

10.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.6% of Mansfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Mansfield.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

16.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.2%.

Median household income was $1,356 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,603.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $331 per week.

Working from home was 12.7% in Mansfield, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

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