White Hills - Ascot

The area is significantly younger than the state and national average, with 23.6% of people being children under 15. It also has a high proportion of de facto relationships at 15.4%, which is well above the national figure.

Most residents were born in Australia (85.4%), and the proportion of people born overseas is far below the Victoria and Australia averages. Australian and English are the most common ancestries.

English is the primary language for 86.8% of the community. While the number of people using another language at home has risen to 8.6% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure.

Nearly half of the population (49.5%) reports no religion, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen 22 points since 2011. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 41.3%.

Educational attainment is lower than in most areas, with only 17.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. However, Year 12 completion has risen 10 points since 2011 to reach 48.0%.

Typical weekly household income is $1,689, which is about the same as the national figure. The number of households earning $3,000 or more per week has risen 11 points since 2011 to 15.5%.

Residents experience higher rates of long-term health conditions than most areas, including mental health conditions (12.1%) and asthma (10.8%). About 6.1% of people need help with daily activities.

Unpaid care is common here, with 33.2% of people caring for children and 14.6% providing other unpaid care. This is well above the national average, though volunteering has fallen to 12.5%.

The First Nations community is notably young, with a typical age of 16. Unemployment for this group is 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 12.3%.

Families are larger than usual, with 2.7 people per home. One-parent families make up 16.8% of households, which is well above the state average.

The area is dominated by separate houses (95.4%), and 91% of homes have three or more bedrooms. Typical monthly mortgage payments are much lower than the state average at $1,469.

Cars are essential for most, as 67.5% of workers drive to work and only 0.8% use public transport. Very few homes (2.5%) have no motor vehicle.

The community is quite mobile, with 44.6% of people having moved in the last five years. This is well above the national average.

Working or looking for work is more common here (65.2%) than in most areas. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, which is a little below the national figure.

The area has a population growth rate of 11.4%, which is well above the state average. Overall, its advantage score of 961 is slightly lower than the national average.

The climate is characterized by an average maximum temperature of 21.9 degrees and average annual rainfall of 556mm, which is a little above the state average.

While 86.4% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, overall walkability is low. Only 24.1% of residents can walk to groceries within 15 minutes, far below the state average.