Swan Hill

19.2% of Swan Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,904 family households lived in Swan Hill; 37.8% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Swan Hill had 11,186 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 83.1% of occupied private dwellings in Swan Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.8% of occupied private dwellings.

36.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

31.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Swan Hill had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

6.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

70.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.9% walked or cycled.

7.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 35.2% of the total.

57.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.4% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

81.0% of residents used only English at home.

12.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

13.2% of Swan Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Swan Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

34.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.5%.

Median household income was $1,390 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 $235 per week.

Working from home was 6.3% in Swan Hill, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 32.8% in Swan Hill, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..