Sunbury

19.0% of Sunbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

10,948 family households lived in Sunbury; 47.2% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

38.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Sunbury had 38,851 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 88.5% of occupied private dwellings in Sunbury.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

31.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

47.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.8% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Sunbury had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 27.7% had four or more usual residents.

21.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

55.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 30.2% of the total.

66.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.8% reported a different address.

16.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

86.6% of residents used only English at home.

9.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

16.9% of Sunbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.9% of ancestry responses in Sunbury.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

38.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

11.3% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.4%.

Median household income was $1,925 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $361 per week.

Working from home was 21.7% in Sunbury, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 31.4% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 20.8% in Sunbury, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.