Belgrave

20.1% of Belgrave's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

1,131 family households lived in Belgrave; 46.2% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

41.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Belgrave had 3,894 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 99.0% of occupied private dwellings in Belgrave.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

32.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

60.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Belgrave had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 26.9% had four or more usual residents.

31.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

46.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 30.6% of the total.

66.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.2% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Belgrave's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.5% of ancestry responses in Belgrave.

Australian ancestry made up 37.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

30.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.1% of workers, and education and training employed 14.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.8%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

59.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 8.1% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.1%.

Median household income was $2,202 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,863.

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

Working from home was 31.2% in Belgrave, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 32.4% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 7.2% in Belgrave, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.