Yea

13.6% of Yea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

471 family households lived in Yea; 28.5% were couple families and 17.6% were one-parent families.

26.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Yea had 1,789 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.2% of occupied private dwellings in Yea.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

54.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Yea had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.8%, while 13.5% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

59.9% 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 5.1% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 36.2% of the total.

60.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.4% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.3% of Yea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.7% of ancestry responses in Yea.

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

16.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

23.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

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

49.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 15.8% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.1%.

Median household income was $1,046 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Yea, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 54.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.6% in Yea, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..