Epping

20.8% of Epping's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

8,779 family households lived in Epping; 52.7% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

43.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Epping had 33,489 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 81.2% of occupied private dwellings in Epping.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

26.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

43.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.3% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Epping had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 18.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 27.1%, while 35.1% had four or more usual residents.

17.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

59.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 34.0% of the total.

61.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.8% reported a different address.

40.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

43.1% of residents used only English at home.

49.8% used a language other than English at home.

2.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 2.3% spoke Hindi.

40.0% of Epping's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.0% was born in Australia.

1.6% of residents were born in China.

8.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.3% of ancestry responses in Epping.

Australian ancestry made up 16.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.1% of responses.

16.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.7%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

33.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

64.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.7%.

Median household income was $1,671 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 $361 per week.

Working from home was 17.0% in Epping, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 26.6% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 30.3% in Epping, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.