Seaford

17.6% of Seaford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

4,580 family households lived in Seaford; 39.8% were couple families and 21.9% were one-parent families.

38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Seaford had 17,215 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 73.7% of occupied private dwellings in Seaford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

28.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

36.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Seaford had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 32.1%, while 18.4% had four or more usual residents.

22.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

55.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

51.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.7% reported a different address.

19.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

84.6% of residents used only English at home.

9.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

19.9% of Seaford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.1% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in Seaford.

Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

20.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

35.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

54.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.8%.

Median household income was $1,500 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,850.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $351 per week.

Working from home was 22.9% in Seaford, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 28.7% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 34.4% in Seaford, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.