Mernda

27.0% of Mernda's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

6,459 family households lived in Mernda; 57.0% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

55.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Mernda had 23,369 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 89.4% of occupied private dwellings in Mernda.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

14.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

57.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Mernda had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 25.8%, while 39.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

57.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 33.0% of the total.

65.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.6% reported a different address.

35.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

56.9% of residents used only English at home.

39.1% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 3.0% spoke Hindi.

35.2% of Mernda's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 64.8% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

10.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 21.0% of ancestry responses in Mernda.

Australian ancestry made up 22.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.0% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.0%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

41.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

68.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.4%.

Median household income was $2,011 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,937.

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

Working from home was 20.5% in Mernda, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 14.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 28.3% in Mernda, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.