Murtoa

18.5% of Murtoa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

241 family households lived in Murtoa; 36.9% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Murtoa had 897 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Murtoa.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

52.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Murtoa had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 18.3% had four or more usual residents.

8.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.1% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.6% of the total.

59.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.2% reported a different address.

5.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

93.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.5% of Murtoa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Murtoa.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

17.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 18.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 14.9% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.6%.

Median household income was $1,007 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $178 per week.

Working from home was 8.1% in Murtoa, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 52.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.9% in Murtoa, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..