Caroline Springs

22.9% of Caroline Springs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

6,528 family households lived in Caroline Springs; 59.8% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

48.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Caroline Springs had 24,488 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 89.9% of occupied private dwellings in Caroline Springs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.7% of occupied private dwellings.

23.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

53.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.8% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Caroline Springs had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 14.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 23.2%, while 42.4% had four or more usual residents.

24.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

52.8% 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 0.7% 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 28.1% of the total.

69.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.9% reported a different address.

40.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

50.1% of residents used only English at home.

45.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.

40.8% of Caroline Springs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 59.2% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

6.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.1% of ancestry responses in Caroline Springs.

Australian ancestry made up 15.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.8% of responses.

21.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.9%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

39.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

68.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.6%.

Median household income was $2,134 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

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

Working from home was 24.0% in Caroline Springs, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 23.9% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 22.8% in Caroline Springs, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.