Warrnambool

17.0% of Warrnambool's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

8,272 family households lived in Warrnambool; 37.8% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Warrnambool had 31,308 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 82.1% of occupied private dwellings in Warrnambool.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

38.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

31.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Warrnambool had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.8% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

5.8% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.1% of Warrnambool's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in Warrnambool.

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

20.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

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

54.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.1%.

Median household income was $1,385 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 9.3% in Warrnambool, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 30.7% in Warrnambool, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..