Rosebud

15.0% of Rosebud's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

3,861 family households lived in Rosebud; 32.7% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

30.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Rosebud had 14,381 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 88.7% of occupied private dwellings in Rosebud.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.7% of occupied private dwellings.

42.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

30.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Rosebud had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 16.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

59.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

5.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 41.4% of the total.

53.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

16.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.1% of Rosebud's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Rosebud.

Australian ancestry made up 38.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

16.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.1%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

23.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.2%.

Median household income was $1,183 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,755.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 15.6% in Rosebud, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 42.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 27.2% in Rosebud, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.