Grovedale

15.5% of Grovedale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

4,011 family households lived in Grovedale; 38.8% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

33.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Grovedale had 14,869 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

36.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

35.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Grovedale had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 20.9% had four or more usual residents.

15.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

62.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.1% of the total.

57.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.8% reported a different address.

16.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

86.6% of residents used only English at home.

10.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

16.9% of Grovedale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.1% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

2.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in Grovedale.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.4% of responses.

19.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.9%.

Median household income was $1,477 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,582.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 36.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.4% in Grovedale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..