Doreen

26.9% of Doreen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

7,542 family households lived in Doreen; 57.1% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

53.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Doreen had 27,122 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Doreen.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

19.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

59.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Doreen had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 14.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 26.4%, while 39.6% had four or more usual residents.

23.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

55.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 27.0% of the total.

71.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.5% reported a different address.

19.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

78.6% of residents used only English at home.

18.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

19.9% of Doreen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

3.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.0% of ancestry responses in Doreen.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

19.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.7%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

42.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

65.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.3%.

Median household income was $2,151 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 $397 per week.

Working from home was 23.1% in Doreen, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 19.3% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 21.6% in Doreen, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.