Mount Best

15.2% of Mount Best's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

6 family households lived in Mount Best; 0.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Mount Best had 46 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

63.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 105.3% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Best.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

52.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Mount Best had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 70.0% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 15.0%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

38.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

84.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 40.0% of the total.

70.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 59.0% reported a different address.

17.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

95.7% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.4% of Mount Best's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.4% of ancestry responses in Mount Best.

Australian ancestry made up 37.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

23.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 38.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

17.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

39.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

26.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 19.6% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

46.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.1%.

Median household income was $1,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 38.5% in Mount Best, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 52.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 23.5% in Mount Best, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..