White Hills

18.8% of White Hills's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

996 family households lived in White Hills; 36.4% were couple families and 21.0% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

White Hills had 3,620 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.2% of occupied private dwellings in White Hills.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

32.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

33.5% 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 White Hills had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.5% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 19.7% had four or more usual residents.

11.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

65.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

5.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 39.6% of the total.

55.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.9% reported a different address.

11.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

86.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.0% of White Hills's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.8% of ancestry responses in White Hills.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.4%.

Median household income was $1,395 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 11.9% in White Hills, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 34.0% in White Hills, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..