Cranbourne East

27.3% of Cranbourne East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

6,380 family households lived in Cranbourne East; 61.5% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

58.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Cranbourne East had 24,679 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 88.5% of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

16.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

59.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Cranbourne East had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 14.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 21.8%, while 45.6% had four or more usual residents.

14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 30.5% of the total.

66.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.5% reported a different address.

46.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

47.4% of residents used only English at home.

47.8% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 2.7% spoke Hindi.

46.3% of Cranbourne East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 53.7% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

16.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.2% of ancestry responses in Cranbourne East.

Australian ancestry made up 20.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.4%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

37.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

69.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.3%.

Median household income was $1,912 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 14.4% in Cranbourne East, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 16.0% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 24.6% in Cranbourne East, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.