Rushworth

13.0% of Rushworth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

349 family households lived in Rushworth; 28.1% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

24.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Rushworth had 1,411 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Rushworth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

55.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

30.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Rushworth had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 12.8% had four or more usual residents.

11.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

61.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.3% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

58.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.8% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

84.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.1% of Rushworth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Rushworth.

Australian ancestry made up 38.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

12.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

19.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

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

41.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 18.2% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.5%.

Median household income was $850 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $997.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $190 per week.

Working from home was 11.0% in Rushworth, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 55.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.9% in Rushworth, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..