Winter Valley

26.1% of Winter Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

956 family households lived in Winter Valley; 49.3% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

50.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Winter Valley had 3,440 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in Winter Valley.

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

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

16.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

58.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.6% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

The average household in Winter Valley had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 32.3%, while 34.0% had four or more usual residents.

11.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

68.8% 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 0.9% walked or cycled.

0.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 25.8% of the total.

73.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

32.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.4% reported a different address.

11.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

9.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

11.2% of Winter Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.8% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

3.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.9% of ancestry responses in Winter Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 42.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

20.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

44.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

63.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.6% reported asthma, 5.3% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.3%.

Median household income was $2,013 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 11.4% in Winter Valley, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 16.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 24.6% in Winter Valley, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..