Doncaster East

18.1% of Doncaster East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

8,920 family households lived in Doncaster East; 51.2% were couple families and 13.7% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Doncaster East had 30,926 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 63.1% of occupied private dwellings in Doncaster East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.8% of occupied private dwellings.

42.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

32.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Doncaster East had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 30.9%, while 30.7% had four or more usual residents.

32.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

46.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 36.5% of the total.

59.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.2% reported a different address.

52.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

39.6% of residents used only English at home.

57.5% used a language other than English at home.

18.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 13.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

52.0% of Doncaster East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 48.0% was born in Australia.

14.9% of residents were born in China.

2.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.7% of ancestry responses in Doncaster East.

Australian ancestry made up 12.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 38.0% of responses.

30.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 15.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.1%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

32.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

68.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

38.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 15.5%.

Median household income was $1,792 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $462 per week.

Working from home was 32.1% in Doncaster East, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 42.9% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 24.2% in Doncaster East, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.