Tatura

17.6% of Tatura's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1,324 family households lived in Tatura; 38.8% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Tatura had 4,955 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.0% of occupied private dwellings in Tatura.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

42.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

35.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Tatura had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.3% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 36.1%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

12.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

64.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.4% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 32.3% of the total.

64.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.8% reported a different address.

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

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

9.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

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

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Tatura.

Australian ancestry made up 39.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

16.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.9%.

Median household income was $1,357 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 $245 per week.

Working from home was 12.4% in Tatura, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 42.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.8% in Tatura, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..