Seymour

15.1% of Seymour's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,699 family households lived in Seymour; 31.1% were couple families and 25.5% were one-parent families.

30.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Seymour had 6,569 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.1% of occupied private dwellings in Seymour.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

38.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

28.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Seymour had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.2%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

8.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

63.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.6% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 38.8% of the total.

52.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.5% reported a different address.

11.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

84.8% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

11.3% of Seymour's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.7% was born in Australia.

1.8% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.6% of ancestry responses in Seymour.

Australian ancestry made up 39.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

11.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 12.8% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,165 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 8.6% in Seymour, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 33.6% in Seymour, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..