Metung

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

587 family households lived in Metung; 23.0% were couple families and 8.7% were one-parent families.

20.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Metung had 1,899 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

58.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Metung.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

58.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

26.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Metung had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 26.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 53.0%, while 11.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 31.7% of the total.

66.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.6% of Metung's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.7% of ancestry responses in Metung.

Australian ancestry made up 35.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 18.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

20.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.7%.

Median household income was $1,219 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $346 per week.

Working from home was 19.4% in Metung, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 58.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 15.3% in Metung, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..