Lucas

25.6% of Lucas's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

814 family households lived in Lucas; 50.6% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

54.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Lucas had 2,994 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.1% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 97.3% of occupied private dwellings in Lucas.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

21.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

43.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Lucas had 2.8 people.

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

Two-person households represented 29.4%, while 32.6% had four or more usual residents.

15.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

66.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 34.9% of the total.

63.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

19.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 81.0% reported a different address.

21.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

76.7% of residents used only English at home.

20.4% used a language other than English at home.

2.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

21.7% of Lucas's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.3% was born in Australia.

1.6% of residents were born in China.

6.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.5% of ancestry responses in Lucas.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

26.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

40.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

62.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.4%.

Median household income was $1,956 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 15.3% in Lucas, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 21.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 34.8% in Lucas, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..