Fraser Rise

28.2% of Fraser Rise's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2,462 family households lived in Fraser Rise; 63.7% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

58.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Fraser Rise had 9,097 residents at the 2021 Census.

40.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in Fraser Rise.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

10.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

72.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Fraser Rise had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 11.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 21.5%, while 44.0% had four or more usual residents.

23.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

55.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.2% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 24.9% of the total.

74.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

38.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 61.8% reported a different address.

42.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

45.3% of residents used only English at home.

50.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 3.5% spoke Hindi.

42.0% of Fraser Rise's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 58.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

11.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 10.3% of ancestry responses in Fraser Rise.

Australian ancestry made up 15.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.5%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

46.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

74.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 3.0% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.7%.

Median household income was $2,276 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,076.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $431 per week.

Working from home was 23.0% in Fraser Rise, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 10.6% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 16.8% in Fraser Rise, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.