Airport West

16.6% of Airport West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

2,299 family households lived in Airport West; 42.8% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

35.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Airport West had 8,173 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 62.4% of occupied private dwellings in Airport West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 35.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

38.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

32.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Airport West had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 19.8% had four or more usual residents.

27.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

50.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 41.4% of the total.

52.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.4% reported a different address.

25.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

71.0% of residents used only English at home.

26.1% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

25.2% of Airport West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.8% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.8% of ancestry responses in Airport West.

Australian ancestry made up 24.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.4% of responses.

23.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 14.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

39.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

61.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.5%.

Median household income was $1,761 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,085.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $401 per week.

Working from home was 27.1% in Airport West, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 38.9% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 28.6% in Airport West, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.