Lilydale

17.2% of Lilydale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

4,889 family households lived in Lilydale; 45.0% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

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

Lilydale had 17,348 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 79.7% of occupied private dwellings in Lilydale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

46.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Lilydale had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 25.5% had four or more usual residents.

21.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

56.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

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

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 31.9% of the total.

63.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.8% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

17.3% of Lilydale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.4% of ancestry responses in Lilydale.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

18.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

37.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

56.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.7%.

Median household income was $1,764 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $369 per week.

Working from home was 21.4% in Lilydale, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 19.6% in Lilydale, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.