St Arnaud

13.7% of St Arnaud's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

581 family households lived in St Arnaud; 32.0% were couple families and 17.7% were one-parent families.

27.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

St Arnaud had 2,318 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.0% of occupied private dwellings in St Arnaud.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

50.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in St Arnaud had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 42.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 14.2% had four or more usual residents.

3.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

67.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.5% walked or cycled.

9.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 37.1% of the total.

53.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.2% reported a different address.

6.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

90.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

6.3% of St Arnaud's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in St Arnaud.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

24.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

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

46.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 14.7% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.2%.

Median household income was $920 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $188 per week.

Working from home was 3.6% in St Arnaud, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 20.6% in St Arnaud, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..