Terang

15.6% of Terang's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

605 family households lived in Terang; 33.4% were couple families and 17.4% were one-parent families.

31.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Terang had 2,254 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in Terang.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.9% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

31.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Terang had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.8%, while 16.6% had four or more usual residents.

9.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.8% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.7% reported a different address.

6.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

6.0% of Terang's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.1% of ancestry responses in Terang.

Australian ancestry made up 43.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

11.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.8%.

Median household income was $1,162 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,066.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 9.0% in Terang, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.5% in Terang, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..