Paynesville

10.0% of Paynesville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,081 family households lived in Paynesville; 20.5% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

18.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Paynesville had 3,636 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

62.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.8% of occupied private dwellings in Paynesville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

58.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

19.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Paynesville had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 34.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 47.5%, while 9.3% had four or more usual residents.

13.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

65.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 40.4% of the total.

56.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.8% reported a different address.

16.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

93.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.5% of Paynesville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.5% of ancestry responses in Paynesville.

Australian ancestry made up 37.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

17.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

43.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 18.2% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.9%.

Median household income was $987 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,225.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 13.7% in Paynesville, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 58.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Paynesville, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..