Torquay

22.4% of Torquay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

5,013 family households lived in Torquay; 49.7% were couple families and 10.6% were one-parent families.

44.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Torquay had 18,534 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Torquay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

34.0% 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.

22.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Torquay had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 31.6% had four or more usual residents.

28.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

51.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 28.1% of the total.

70.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.1% reported a different address.

13.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.4% of Torquay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Torquay.

Australian ancestry made up 38.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

29.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 17.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

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

64.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.6%.

Median household income was $2,295 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 28.6% in Torquay, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 34.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 22.0% in Torquay, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..