Sunset Strip

22.7% of Sunset Strip's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

124 family households lived in Sunset Strip; 37.1% were couple families and 28.2% were one-parent families.

46.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Sunset Strip had 503 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Sunset Strip.

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

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

28.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

44.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Sunset Strip had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 34.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.0%, while 23.2% had four or more usual residents.

13.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

57.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 42.5% of the total.

52.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.0% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Sunset Strip's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% 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 93.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Sunset Strip.

Australian ancestry made up 43.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.3% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.2%.

Median household income was $1,009 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,448.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 13.1% in Sunset Strip, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 28.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.5% in Sunset Strip, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..