Roxburgh Park

22.9% of Roxburgh Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

5,858 family households lived in Roxburgh Park; 64.0% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

46.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Roxburgh Park had 24,129 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Roxburgh Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

21.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

55.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Roxburgh Park had 3.7 people.

One-person households made up 10.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 18.4%, while 52.9% had four or more usual residents.

15.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

62.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 26.1% of the total.

70.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.6% reported a different address.

51.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

24.2% of residents used only English at home.

69.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

51.1% of Roxburgh Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 48.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

2.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 7.8% of ancestry responses in Roxburgh Park.

Australian ancestry made up 11.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

16.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 8.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

25.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

66.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.7% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.9%.

Median household income was $1,629 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 $390 per week.

Working from home was 15.3% in Roxburgh Park, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 21.1% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 23.2% in Roxburgh Park, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.