Mildura

18.1% of Mildura's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

8,887 family households lived in Mildura; 35.7% were couple families and 21.5% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Mildura had 34,565 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 80.7% of occupied private dwellings in Mildura.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

31.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

30.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Mildura had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 20.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

68.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

7.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

53.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.1% reported a different address.

17.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

76.7% of residents used only English at home.

16.0% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

17.2% of Mildura's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.8% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.5% of ancestry responses in Mildura.

Australian ancestry made up 34.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

18.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.1%.

Median household income was $1,295 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 $280 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Mildura, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 31.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 38.5% in Mildura, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..