Reservoir

15.6% of Reservoir's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

13,259 family households lived in Reservoir; 41.6% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

35.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Reservoir had 51,096 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 63.2% of occupied private dwellings in Reservoir.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 32.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

30.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.8% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Reservoir had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 20.5% had four or more usual residents.

27.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

45.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

5.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

11.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 45.2% of the total.

43.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.9% reported a different address.

35.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

53.9% of residents used only English at home.

40.6% used a language other than English at home.

3.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

35.5% of Reservoir's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 64.5% was born in Australia.

3.1% of residents were born in China.

3.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 19.2% of ancestry responses in Reservoir.

Australian ancestry made up 18.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.1% of responses.

26.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

33.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

60.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.3%.

Median household income was $1,541 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,986.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 27.7% in Reservoir, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 37.8% in Reservoir, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.