Point Cook

27.4% of Point Cook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

18,022 family households lived in Point Cook; 63.4% were couple families and 12.2% were one-parent families.

58.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Point Cook had 66,781 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 88.0% of occupied private dwellings in Point Cook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

15.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

51.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.7% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Point Cook had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 11.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 22.6%, while 43.1% had four or more usual residents.

34.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

44.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 33.7% of the total.

63.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.3% reported a different address.

52.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

44.3% of residents used only English at home.

51.2% used a language other than English at home.

8.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.9% spoke Cantonese and 6.4% spoke Hindi.

52.1% of Point Cook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 47.9% was born in Australia.

6.4% of residents were born in China.

14.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 69.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 16.1% of ancestry responses in Point Cook.

Australian ancestry made up 13.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 14.3% of responses.

28.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 14.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.4%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

44.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

73.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 3.3% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.3%.

Median household income was $2,392 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,115.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 34.1% in Point Cook, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 15.3% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 32.7% in Point Cook, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.