Wangaratta

17.3% of Wangaratta's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

4,994 family households lived in Wangaratta; 35.5% were couple families and 20.5% were one-parent families.

36.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Wangaratta had 19,214 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% 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 85.3% of occupied private dwellings in Wangaratta.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

38.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

31.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Wangaratta had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 18.1% had four or more usual residents.

8.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

65.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.5% walked or cycled.

7.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 40.3% of the total.

52.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.0% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

88.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Wangaratta's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Wangaratta.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

18.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

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

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.0% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.3%.

Median household income was $1,218 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 $260 per week.

Working from home was 8.0% in Wangaratta, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 29.9% in Wangaratta, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..