Raymond Island

4.4% of Raymond Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

184 family households lived in Raymond Island; 14.1% were couple families and 6.0% were one-parent families.

9.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Raymond Island had 589 residents at the 2021 Census.

7.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

76.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Raymond Island.

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

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

74.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

17.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Raymond Island had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 37.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 50.5%, while 5.5% had four or more usual residents.

21.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

25.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.6% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 38.8% of the total.

58.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.7% reported a different address.

19.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

19.9% of Raymond Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.8% of ancestry responses in Raymond Island.

Australian ancestry made up 35.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

20.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.9% of workers, and education and training employed 16.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 29.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

11.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

39.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 25.1% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $921 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $969.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 21.1% in Raymond Island, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 74.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 7.7% in Raymond Island, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..