St Albans

16.3% of St Albans's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

9,391 family households lived in St Albans; 41.4% were couple families and 24.7% were one-parent families.

36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

St Albans had 38,042 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 74.5% of occupied private dwellings in St Albans.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

36.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

25.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.0% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in St Albans had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 23.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 28.3%, while 29.8% had four or more usual residents.

12.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

58.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

6.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

10.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 40.0% of the total.

49.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.4% reported a different address.

58.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

21.6% of residents used only English at home.

68.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

58.4% of St Albans's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 41.6% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

5.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 67.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 7.5% of ancestry responses in St Albans.

Australian ancestry made up 7.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.4% of responses.

12.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 6.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 4.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.7%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

23.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

62.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.9%.

Median household income was $1,205 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $325 per week.

Working from home was 12.0% in St Albans, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 36.3% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 38.0% in St Albans, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.