Drouin

20.4% of Drouin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

4,247 family households lived in Drouin; 39.9% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Drouin had 15,287 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.7% of occupied private dwellings in Drouin.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

36.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

41.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Drouin had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 23.1% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

64.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 34.1% of the total.

62.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.5% reported a different address.

13.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.1% of Drouin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Drouin.

Australian ancestry made up 42.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

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

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 5.7% 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 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.6%.

Median household income was $1,432 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Drouin, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 22.0% in Drouin, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..