Aintree

31.6% of Aintree's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2,117 family households lived in Aintree; 70.0% were couple families and 8.5% were one-parent families.

67.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Aintree had 7,982 residents at the 2021 Census.

45.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

6.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in Aintree.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

5.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

73.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Aintree had 3.6 people.

One-person households made up 7.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 17.5%, while 52.3% had four or more usual residents.

22.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

56.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 25.5% of the total.

73.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

6.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 93.9% reported a different address.

52.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

30.7% of residents used only English at home.

64.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 4.9% spoke Hindi.

52.3% of Aintree's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 47.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

26.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 8.2% of ancestry responses in Aintree.

Australian ancestry made up 10.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

23.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.2%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

45.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

79.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 1.7% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.3%.

Median household income was $2,348 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 22.8% in Aintree, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 5.3% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 20.9% in Aintree, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.