North Geelong

16.3% of North Geelong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

721 family households lived in North Geelong; 42.2% were couple families and 20.7% were one-parent families.

41.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

North Geelong had 3,225 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 81.9% of occupied private dwellings in North Geelong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

26.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

31.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in North Geelong had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 30.7%, while 20.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

55.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

8.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 41.9% of the total.

49.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.0% reported a different address.

26.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

70.1% of residents used only English at home.

23.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

26.7% of North Geelong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.3% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

3.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.7% of ancestry responses in North Geelong.

Australian ancestry made up 29.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

17.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.7%.

Median household income was $1,490 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $315 per week.

Working from home was 19.1% in North Geelong, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 26.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 41.7% in North Geelong, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..