Harkness

28.8% of Harkness's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

3,160 family households lived in Harkness; 53.5% were couple families and 22.2% were one-parent families.

57.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Harkness had 12,463 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Harkness.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

15.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

56.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Harkness had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 17.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 24.5%, while 39.1% had four or more usual residents.

14.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

63.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 30.8% of the total.

66.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.6% reported a different address.

30.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

61.7% of residents used only English at home.

31.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.7% spoke Hindi.

30.3% of Harkness's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

6.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.2% of ancestry responses in Harkness.

Australian ancestry made up 27.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

63.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

9.1% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.6%.

Median household income was $1,752 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

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

Working from home was 14.6% in Harkness, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 15.9% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 28.0% in Harkness, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.