Ocean Grove

20.0% of Ocean Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

4,949 family households lived in Ocean Grove; 43.3% were couple families and 12.2% were one-parent families.

37.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Ocean Grove had 17,714 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.4% of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Grove.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

42.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

38.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Ocean Grove had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.8%, while 25.9% had four or more usual residents.

24.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 31.9% of the total.

65.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.4% reported a different address.

11.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.3% of Ocean Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.5% of ancestry responses in Ocean Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

28.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

59.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.8%.

Median household income was $1,837 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 24.5% in Ocean Grove, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 42.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 19.1% in Ocean Grove, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..