Wendouree

16.1% of Wendouree's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,577 family households lived in Wendouree; 26.8% were couple families and 29.0% were one-parent families.

32.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Wendouree had 10,376 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 79.9% of occupied private dwellings in Wendouree.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

34.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

21.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.4% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Wendouree had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 13.1% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

10.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 46.3% of the total.

43.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.7% reported a different address.

9.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.1% of Wendouree's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.9% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Wendouree.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

22.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

44.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.7% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.0%.

Median household income was $990 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,166.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Wendouree, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 34.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 44.4% in Wendouree, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..