Point Lonsdale

12.3% of Point Lonsdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,094 family households lived in Point Lonsdale; 28.8% were couple families and 8.1% were one-parent families.

22.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Point Lonsdale had 3,788 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

58.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 87.8% of occupied private dwellings in Point Lonsdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

61.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

24.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Point Lonsdale had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 30.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 46.0%, while 14.0% had four or more usual residents.

29.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

46.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 39.2% of the total.

57.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.3% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.9% of Point Lonsdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.5% of ancestry responses in Point Lonsdale.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

30.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 17.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

20.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 14.4% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.5%.

Median household income was $1,554 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 29.3% in Point Lonsdale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 61.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.2% in Point Lonsdale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..