West Bendigo

14.0% of West Bendigo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

105 family households lived in West Bendigo; 33.3% were couple families and 21.0% were one-parent families.

35.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

West Bendigo had 378 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.0% of occupied private dwellings in West Bendigo.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

37.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

37.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.8% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

The average household in West Bendigo had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.6%, while 20.4% had four or more usual residents.

8.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

69.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

9.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 31.0% of the total.

62.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.2% reported a different address.

7.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.1% of West Bendigo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.9% 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 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in West Bendigo.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.0% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.5% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.3%.

Median household income was $1,343 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,257.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $235 per week.

Working from home was 8.1% in West Bendigo, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 24.8% in West Bendigo, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..