Melbourne

4.2% of Melbourne's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

10,367 family households lived in Melbourne; 15.2% were couple families and 8.3% were one-parent families.

15.4% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Melbourne had 54,941 residents at the 2021 Census.

53.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 0.1% of occupied private dwellings in Melbourne.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 99.2% of occupied private dwellings.

13.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

13.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

73.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Melbourne had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 47.2% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 39.7%, while 3.9% had four or more usual residents.

34.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

10.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

18.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 16.0% walked or cycled.

61.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 33.1% of the total.

5.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

18.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 81.6% reported a different address.

64.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

35.9% of residents used only English at home.

54.5% used a language other than English at home.

20.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.9% spoke Cantonese and 2.5% spoke Hindi.

64.0% of Melbourne's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 36.0% was born in Australia.

15.1% of residents were born in China.

7.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 40.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 15.0% of ancestry responses in Melbourne.

Australian ancestry made up 9.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 30.5% of responses.

35.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.3%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

34.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

71.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 2.2% arthritis and 1.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 7.8%.

Median household income was $1,448 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $381 per week.

Working from home was 34.2% in Melbourne, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 13.1% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 73.3% in Melbourne, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.