Red Cliffs

18.2% of Red Cliffs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,345 family households lived in Red Cliffs; 40.3% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Red Cliffs had 5,294 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.9% of occupied private dwellings in Red Cliffs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

37.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

37.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Red Cliffs had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 22.8% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

69.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 30.7% of the total.

64.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.8% reported a different address.

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

83.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.6% of Red Cliffs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.8% of ancestry responses in Red Cliffs.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.0%.

Median household income was $1,290 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Red Cliffs, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 25.4% in Red Cliffs, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..