Sea Lake

14.9% of Sea Lake's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

159 family households lived in Sea Lake; 29.6% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Sea Lake had 619 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Sea Lake.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

58.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

25.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Sea Lake had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.7%, while 13.1% had four or more usual residents.

7.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

65.1% 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 10.6% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 39.3% of the total.

52.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.8% reported a different address.

7.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.6% of Sea Lake's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Sea Lake.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 23.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.9% reported asthma, 17.0% arthritis and 8.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $883 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $140 per week.

Working from home was 7.2% in Sea Lake, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 58.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 15.5% in Sea Lake, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..