Strathdale

16.9% of Strathdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,595 family households lived in Strathdale; 37.5% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

32.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Strathdale had 5,756 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 87.3% of occupied private dwellings in Strathdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

46.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Strathdale had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.7%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

16.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

62.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

4.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 37.1% of the total.

58.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.4% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

10.3% of Strathdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.0% of ancestry responses in Strathdale.

Australian ancestry made up 38.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

27.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.1% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.2%.

Median household income was $1,527 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 16.6% in Strathdale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 46.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 25.2% in Strathdale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..