West Wodonga

19.2% of West Wodonga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

3,972 family households lived in West Wodonga; 38.3% were couple families and 20.8% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

West Wodonga had 14,794 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 88.2% of occupied private dwellings in West Wodonga.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

30.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

35.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in West Wodonga had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 22.2% had four or more usual residents.

8.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

71.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

4.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

60.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.8% reported a different address.

9.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.9% of West Wodonga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in West Wodonga.

Australian ancestry made up 42.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

34.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $1,452 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,365.

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

Working from home was 8.4% in West Wodonga, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 30.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 34.0% in West Wodonga, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..