Walmer

11.1% of Walmer's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

80 family households lived in Walmer; 36.3% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

15.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Walmer had 262 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 101.0% of occupied private dwellings in Walmer.

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

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

55.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

41.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

2.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Walmer had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 42.5%, while 15.1% had four or more usual residents.

17.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

62.0% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 18.9% of the total.

79.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

8.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

95.0% of residents used only English at home.

1.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.0% of Walmer's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.0% 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 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Walmer.

Australian ancestry made up 46.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

21.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 14.5% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.5%.

Median household income was $1,449 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $331 per week.

Working from home was 17.8% in Walmer, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 55.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 2.9% in Walmer, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..