Sunshine North

16.6% of Sunshine North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

2,976 family households lived in Sunshine North; 46.4% were couple families and 23.9% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Sunshine North had 12,047 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 82.2% of occupied private dwellings in Sunshine North.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.2% of occupied private dwellings.

39.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

29.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.8% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

The average household in Sunshine North had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 22.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 26.2%, while 33.4% had four or more usual residents.

15.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

58.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

3.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.2% reported a different address.

54.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

23.7% of residents used only English at home.

69.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

54.2% of Sunshine North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 45.8% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

2.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 8.8% of ancestry responses in Sunshine North.

Australian ancestry made up 10.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 12.1% of responses.

16.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.9% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

28.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.4%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

63.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.9% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.3%.

Median household income was $1,399 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 $341 per week.

Working from home was 15.8% in Sunshine North, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 39.3% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 30.8% in Sunshine North, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.