Berwick

20.7% of Berwick's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

13,846 family households lived in Berwick; 55.3% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

42.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Berwick had 50,298 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.0% 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 89.0% of occupied private dwellings in Berwick.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

29.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

47.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Berwick had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 17.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 35.4% had four or more usual residents.

25.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

54.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 28.7% of the total.

68.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.6% reported a different address.

34.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

67.5% of residents used only English at home.

28.7% used a language other than English at home.

4.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.5% spoke Hindi.

34.2% of Berwick's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.8% was born in Australia.

2.9% of residents were born in China.

6.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.1% of ancestry responses in Berwick.

Australian ancestry made up 26.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.0% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.9%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

39.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

63.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.5%.

Median household income was $2,113 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 25.2% in Berwick, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 29.5% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 22.7% in Berwick, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.