Kew

15.1% of Kew's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

6,327 family households lived in Kew; 46.6% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

34.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Kew had 24,499 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 50.4% of occupied private dwellings in Kew.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 25.6% of occupied private dwellings.

40.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

29.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.4% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Kew had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 24.8% had four or more usual residents.

40.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

35.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

3.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 40.9% of the total.

52.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.6% reported a different address.

30.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

70.3% of residents used only English at home.

26.3% used a language other than English at home.

8.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

30.6% of Kew's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.4% was born in Australia.

6.6% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.1% of ancestry responses in Kew.

Australian ancestry made up 23.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 16.2% of responses.

41.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 19.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

35.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

63.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

43.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 20.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 9.2%.

Median household income was $2,497 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $476 per week.

Working from home was 40.1% in Kew, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 40.7% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 29.4% in Kew, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.