Merbein

18.8% of Merbein's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

713 family households lived in Merbein; 37.0% were couple families and 19.2% were one-parent families.

37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Merbein had 2,770 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.6% of occupied private dwellings in Merbein.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

34.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

43.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Merbein had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

71.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 33.0% of the total.

61.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.0% reported a different address.

6.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.2% of Merbein's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Merbein.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.1% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.6%.

Median household income was $1,147 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,025.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $210 per week.

Working from home was 6.5% in Merbein, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 34.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 22.7% in Merbein, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..