Rye

14.5% of Rye's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

2,532 family households lived in Rye; 33.3% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

28.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Rye had 9,438 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Rye.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

47.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

30.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Rye had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 40.1%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

21.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

53.4% 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 1.6% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

61.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.4% reported a different address.

15.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

83.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.2% of Rye's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.8% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Rye.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 14.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.2%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

23.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.2% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.0%.

Median household income was $1,334 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $372 per week.

Working from home was 21.8% in Rye, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 47.2% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 21.9% in Rye, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.