Omeo

10.7% of Omeo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

99 family households lived in Omeo; 24.2% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

27.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Omeo had 411 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Omeo.

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

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

55.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Omeo had 2.0 people.

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

Two-person households represented 44.4%, while 9.4% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

52.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.5% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 30.6% of the total.

63.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.7% reported a different address.

7.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

84.2% of residents used only English at home.

1.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.3% of Omeo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.7% 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 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in Omeo.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

9.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 27.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

23.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

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

46.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.9%.

Median household income was $1,131 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,117.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 9.3% in Omeo, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 55.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.9% in Omeo, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..