Manor Lakes

29.7% of Manor Lakes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

3,420 family households lived in Manor Lakes; 64.0% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

62.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Manor Lakes had 12,675 residents at the 2021 Census.

40.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

8.8% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Manor Lakes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

8.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

65.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Manor Lakes had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 8.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 22.2%, while 42.0% had four or more usual residents.

32.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

41.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

5.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 42.3% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.7% reported a different address.

50.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

43.7% of residents used only English at home.

51.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 7.6% spoke Hindi.

50.2% of Manor Lakes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 49.8% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

26.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 16.2% of ancestry responses in Manor Lakes.

Australian ancestry made up 17.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

28.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

46.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

72.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 3.2% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.2%.

Median household income was $2,296 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 32.8% in Manor Lakes, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 8.0% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 26.9% in Manor Lakes, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.