Morwell

17.4% of Morwell's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

3,500 family households lived in Morwell; 30.9% were couple families and 25.9% were one-parent families.

34.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Morwell had 14,389 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.4% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in Morwell.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

38.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

26.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Morwell had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 16.0% had four or more usual residents.

8.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

10.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 44.1% of the total.

45.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.0% reported a different address.

16.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

78.3% of residents used only English at home.

10.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

16.0% of Morwell's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.3% of ancestry responses in Morwell.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

20.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

43.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.6% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.5%.

Median household income was $942 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $953.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $215 per week.

Working from home was 8.6% in Morwell, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 35.2% in Morwell, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..