Maryborough

14.8% of Maryborough's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

2,140 family households lived in Maryborough; 27.7% were couple families and 21.7% were one-parent families.

29.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Maryborough had 8,160 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 87.0% of occupied private dwellings in Maryborough.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

45.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

25.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Maryborough had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.7%, while 13.7% had four or more usual residents.

5.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

68.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 44.3% of the total.

47.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.5% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.8% of Maryborough's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.9% of ancestry responses in Maryborough.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

20.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

44.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 16.9% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.8%.

Median household income was $876 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 5.7% in Maryborough, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 28.8% in Maryborough, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..