Mulgrave

17.7% of Mulgrave's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

5,593 family households lived in Mulgrave; 50.0% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Mulgrave had 19,889 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 83.0% of occupied private dwellings in Mulgrave.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

39.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

37.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.0% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Mulgrave had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 31.5%, while 31.1% had four or more usual residents.

27.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

52.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 30.1% of the total.

66.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.9% reported a different address.

46.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

45.2% of residents used only English at home.

51.3% used a language other than English at home.

8.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.7% spoke Hindi.

46.4% of Mulgrave's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 53.6% was born in Australia.

6.2% of residents were born in China.

5.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.5%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 15.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 17.0% of responses.

26.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.0%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

35.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

66.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.6%.

Median household income was $1,913 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 27.1% in Mulgrave, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 39.1% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 23.0% in Mulgrave, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.