Lara

19.3% of Lara's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

5,018 family households lived in Lara; 47.5% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

40.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Lara had 19,014 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Lara.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

31.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

46.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Lara had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.8%, while 29.0% had four or more usual residents.

18.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

61.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 28.6% of the total.

68.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.4% reported a different address.

17.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

80.2% of residents used only English at home.

10.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

17.5% of Lara's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.1% of ancestry responses in Lara.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

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

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.2%.

Median household income was $1,969 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 $370 per week.

Working from home was 18.0% in Lara, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 31.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 22.1% in Lara, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..