Moe

15.7% of Moe's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,278 family households lived in Moe; 30.3% were couple families and 26.7% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Moe had 9,375 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 79.8% of occupied private dwellings in Moe.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

37.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

26.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Moe had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 43.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 31.4%, while 14.3% had four or more usual residents.

9.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

65.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

13.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 42.8% of the total.

44.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.8% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

84.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

14.2% of Moe's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.4% of ancestry responses in Moe.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

11.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

21.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

43.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.8% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 8.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $902 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 9.2% in Moe, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 35.6% in Moe, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..