Wimbledon Heights

18.1% of Wimbledon Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

106 family households lived in Wimbledon Heights; 44.3% were couple families and 10.4% were one-parent families.

38.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Wimbledon Heights had 421 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in Wimbledon Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

29.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

53.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Wimbledon Heights had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.0%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

60.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

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

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 41.8% of the total.

52.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.4% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.1% of Wimbledon Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Wimbledon Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

9.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

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

51.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 13.1% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.0%.

Median household income was $1,196 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 10.8% in Wimbledon Heights, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 29.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.1% in Wimbledon Heights, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..