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What's going on in Ararat

Population 8,500 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#25 of 510 in Victoria

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (61.2%)

Rank 2

#51 of 510 in Victoria

for % single-parent families (18.7%)

Rank 3

#57 of 510 in Victoria

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (2.1%)

The three dimensions where Ararat picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,216 / week
#454 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
45 years
#104 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
26.3%
#221 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
4.0%
#340 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#480 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Ararat's sharpest rank is for % of adults with no post-school qualification. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #186 · one rank above Grant South Australia ↓ #188 · one rank below Kojonup Western Australia

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.