Sandy Point

10.6% of Sandy Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

82 family households lived in Sandy Point; 34.1% were couple families and 9.8% were one-parent families.

18.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Sandy Point had 312 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

57.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Point.

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

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

66.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Sandy Point had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 33.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.3%, while 10.4% had four or more usual residents.

25.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.9% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 33.6% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.9% reported a different address.

15.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.1% of Sandy Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.1% of ancestry responses in Sandy Point.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

24.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 17.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

23.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.9%.

Median household income was $1,343 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

Working from home was 25.2% in Sandy Point, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 66.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 5.5% in Sandy Point, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..