Eltham

18.7% of Eltham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

5,446 family households lived in Eltham; 51.8% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

36.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Eltham had 18,847 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in Eltham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.3% of occupied private dwellings.

43.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

44.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Eltham had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 32.0% had four or more usual residents.

36.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

43.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 27.6% of the total.

70.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.5% reported a different address.

18.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

18.5% of Eltham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.5% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.5% of ancestry responses in Eltham.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.3% of responses.

30.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 17.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 12.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.5%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

36.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.1%.

Median household income was $2,391 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 36.2% in Eltham, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 43.1% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 12.2% in Eltham, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.