Sunderland Bay

21.2% of Sunderland Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

81 family households lived in Sunderland Bay; 34.6% were couple families and 29.6% were one-parent families.

43.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Sunderland Bay had 306 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Sunderland Bay.

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

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

45.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Sunderland Bay had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 21.1% had four or more usual residents.

22.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

58.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 44.7% of the total.

57.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.3% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.4% of Sunderland Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% 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 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.9% of ancestry responses in Sunderland Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

24.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

59.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.8%.

Median household income was $1,264 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 $316 per week.

Working from home was 22.3% in Sunderland Bay, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.6% in Sunderland Bay, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..