Pakenham

24.1% of Pakenham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

14,433 family households lived in Pakenham; 48.0% were couple families and 19.5% were one-parent families.

48.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Pakenham had 54,118 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 86.4% of occupied private dwellings in Pakenham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

19.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

48.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.2% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Pakenham had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 29.5%, while 31.3% had four or more usual residents.

15.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

61.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 35.2% of the total.

61.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.4% reported a different address.

28.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

71.7% of residents used only English at home.

23.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

28.0% of Pakenham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.0% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

6.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.5% of ancestry responses in Pakenham.

Australian ancestry made up 32.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.2%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

37.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

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

60.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.8%.

Median household income was $1,664 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $351 per week.

Working from home was 15.9% in Pakenham, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 19.5% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 32.2% in Pakenham, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.