Wodonga

19.1% of Wodonga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

5,450 family households lived in Wodonga; 36.7% were couple families and 21.7% were one-parent families.

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

Wodonga had 20,259 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 86.3% of occupied private dwellings in Wodonga.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

30.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

30.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Wodonga had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 19.7% had four or more usual residents.

8.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

70.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.1% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.2% reported a different address.

13.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

85.0% of residents used only English at home.

9.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

13.8% of Wodonga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.7% of ancestry responses in Wodonga.

Australian ancestry made up 39.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.9% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.0%.

Median household income was $1,364 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 8.2% in Wodonga, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 30.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 38.4% in Wodonga, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..