Cranbourne West

26.6% of Cranbourne West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

5,302 family households lived in Cranbourne West; 56.7% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

56.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Cranbourne West had 19,969 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 81.6% of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

12.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

64.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Cranbourne West had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 15.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 25.0%, while 39.6% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

65.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 28.8% of the total.

69.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.8% reported a different address.

42.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

51.6% of residents used only English at home.

43.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 2.1% spoke Hindi.

42.0% of Cranbourne West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 58.0% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

12.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.2% of ancestry responses in Cranbourne West.

Australian ancestry made up 23.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

14.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.7%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

40.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

68.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 4.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.5%.

Median household income was $1,856 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $375 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Cranbourne West, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 12.9% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 23.1% in Cranbourne West, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.