Scarsdale

21.2% of Scarsdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

226 family households lived in Scarsdale; 40.7% were couple families and 19.0% were one-parent families.

38.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Scarsdale had 855 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.7% of occupied private dwellings in Scarsdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

37.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

56.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Scarsdale had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 30.3% had four or more usual residents.

13.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

64.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 19.4% of the total.

78.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.9% reported a different address.

12.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

86.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.5% of Scarsdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.0% of ancestry responses in Scarsdale.

Australian ancestry made up 46.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

13.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.5% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.3%.

Median household income was $1,548 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,473.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 13.4% in Scarsdale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 37.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 5.2% in Scarsdale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..