Drysdale

15.0% of Drysdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,425 family households lived in Drysdale; 36.9% were couple families and 12.7% were one-parent families.

28.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Drysdale had 4,976 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 88.7% of occupied private dwellings in Drysdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

50.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Drysdale had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 27.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.2%, while 20.5% had four or more usual residents.

17.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

60.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

4.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

58.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.0% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.7% of Drysdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.2% of ancestry responses in Drysdale.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

18.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

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

50.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $1,273 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 17.0% in Drysdale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.0% in Drysdale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..