Moolap

11.9% of Moolap's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

507 family households lived in Moolap; 30.2% were couple families and 11.6% were one-parent families.

21.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Moolap had 1,825 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

55.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.4% of occupied private dwellings in Moolap.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

53.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Moolap had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 25.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 45.2%, while 18.3% had four or more usual residents.

15.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

58.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

58.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.7% of Moolap's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.1% of ancestry responses in Moolap.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

21.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 15.4% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.2%.

Median household income was $1,279 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 15.7% in Moolap, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 53.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.0% in Moolap, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..