Rutherglen

16.7% of Rutherglen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

708 family households lived in Rutherglen; 35.6% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

33.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Rutherglen had 2,579 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.3% of occupied private dwellings in Rutherglen.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

35.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Rutherglen had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.1%, while 18.3% had four or more usual residents.

10.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.2% 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 4.7% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 33.5% of the total.

63.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.1% reported a different address.

7.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

94.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.2% of Rutherglen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.8% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.8% of ancestry responses in Rutherglen.

Australian ancestry made up 42.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 15.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.8%.

Median household income was $1,306 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 10.8% in Rutherglen, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 44.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 19.7% in Rutherglen, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..