Tarneit

29.0% of Tarneit's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

14,117 family households lived in Tarneit; 66.0% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

62.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Tarneit had 56,370 residents at the 2021 Census.

41.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

8.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Tarneit.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

10.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

59.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.7% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

The average household in Tarneit had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 10.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 18.6%, while 48.3% had four or more usual residents.

21.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

53.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

3.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 33.8% of the total.

63.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

39.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 60.7% reported a different address.

57.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

29.4% of residents used only English at home.

64.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 6.3% spoke Hindi.

57.0% of Tarneit's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 43.0% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

28.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 66.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 10.1% of ancestry responses in Tarneit.

Australian ancestry made up 10.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.0% of responses.

20.0% 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 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

38.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

76.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 2.6% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.2%.

Median household income was $2,103 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 21.5% in Tarneit, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 10.1% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 30.7% in Tarneit, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.