Alexandra

14.7% of Alexandra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

750 family households lived in Alexandra; 33.6% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

30.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Alexandra had 2,801 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 88.7% of occupied private dwellings in Alexandra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

50.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Alexandra had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 37.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 14.8% had four or more usual residents.

11.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

60.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.5% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 39.5% of the total.

56.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.4% reported a different address.

10.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.6% of Alexandra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.8%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 17.4% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.2%.

Median household income was $1,086 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 11.9% in Alexandra, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.5% in Alexandra, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..