Delacombe

18.0% of Delacombe's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1,459 family households lived in Delacombe; 35.8% were couple families and 23.6% were one-parent families.

36.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Delacombe had 5,408 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Delacombe.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

34.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

37.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Delacombe had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.8%, while 20.2% had four or more usual residents.

10.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

4.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 35.4% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.4% reported a different address.

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

89.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.6% of Delacombe's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Delacombe.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

15.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.3% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.4%.

Median household income was $1,339 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,365.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 10.2% in Delacombe, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 34.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.8% in Delacombe, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..