Woodend

19.3% of Woodend's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,910 family households lived in Woodend; 45.2% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

38.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Woodend had 6,732 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in Woodend.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

41.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

42.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Woodend had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.2%, while 26.3% had four or more usual residents.

35.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

42.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

64.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.2% reported a different address.

16.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.1% of Woodend's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Woodend.

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

31.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 17.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

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

57.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.3%.

Median household income was $2,104 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 35.0% in Woodend, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 41.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 15.9% in Woodend, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..