Sebastian

17.5% of Sebastian's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

66 family households lived in Sebastian; 43.9% were couple families and 9.1% were one-parent families.

37.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Sebastian had 251 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 101.1% of occupied private dwellings in Sebastian.

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

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

32.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

58.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Sebastian had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 23.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.0%, while 23.9% had four or more usual residents.

13.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

67.0% 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 0.0% 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 11.4% of the total.

77.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.5% reported a different address.

8.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

88.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.4% of Sebastian's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.6% 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 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Sebastian.

Australian ancestry made up 49.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.7% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.3%.

Median household income was $1,452 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 13.9% in Sebastian, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.0% in Sebastian, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..