Lake Gardens

13.4% of Lake Gardens's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

520 family households lived in Lake Gardens; 37.9% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

29.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Lake Gardens had 1,801 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.3% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Gardens.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

21.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Lake Gardens had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 28.9% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 37.6%, while 17.6% had four or more usual residents.

21.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

57.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

3.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 41.7% of the total.

55.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.0% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

84.1% of residents used only English at home.

12.9% used a language other than English at home.

5.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Lake Gardens's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

4.0% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Lake Gardens.

Australian ancestry made up 33.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.0% of responses.

30.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.8% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.4%.

Median household income was $1,534 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 $360 per week.

Working from home was 21.4% in Lake Gardens, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 49.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 29.0% in Lake Gardens, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..