Swan Reach

17.9% of Swan Reach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

262 family households lived in Swan Reach; 33.2% were couple families and 10.7% were one-parent families.

28.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Swan Reach had 861 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in Swan Reach.

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

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

53.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

35.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Swan Reach had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 44.2%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

14.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

61.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 31.2% of the total.

67.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.6% reported a different address.

11.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.6% of Swan Reach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.4% 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 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Swan Reach.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 15.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

22.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 16.1% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $1,074 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 $210 per week.

Working from home was 14.6% in Swan Reach, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 53.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 12.0% in Swan Reach, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..