Lalor

18.3% of Lalor's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

6,209 family households lived in Lalor; 46.5% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

37.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Lalor had 23,219 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 88.8% of occupied private dwellings in Lalor.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

40.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

31.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Lalor had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 30.5%, while 30.2% had four or more usual residents.

16.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

58.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

4.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

8.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

One-car households formed 37.0% of the total.

54.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.1% reported a different address.

47.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

31.8% of residents used only English at home.

62.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.6% spoke Hindi.

47.6% of Lalor's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 52.4% was born in Australia.

1.5% of residents were born in China.

5.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 10.4% of ancestry responses in Lalor.

Australian ancestry made up 12.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.4% of responses.

16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

61.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.5%.

Median household income was $1,348 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,775.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $351 per week.

Working from home was 16.2% in Lalor, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 40.3% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 28.3% in Lalor, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.