Stawell

15.4% of Stawell's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,605 family households lived in Stawell; 32.1% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

30.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Stawell had 6,220 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

46.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Stawell had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 15.6% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

65.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.0% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.6% of the total.

54.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.5% reported a different address.

11.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

83.6% of residents used only English at home.

7.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.0% of Stawell's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.9% of ancestry responses in Stawell.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 14.5% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.4%.

Median household income was $1,127 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $973.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $210 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in Stawell, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 46.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 25.8% in Stawell, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..