Toongabbie

20.9% of Toongabbie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

304 family households lived in Toongabbie; 46.1% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

35.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Toongabbie had 1,085 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 99.7% of occupied private dwellings in Toongabbie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

40.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

55.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

3.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Toongabbie had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.8%, while 26.7% had four or more usual residents.

9.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

70.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 18.3% of the total.

82.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.5% reported a different address.

4.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.8% of Toongabbie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.8% of ancestry responses in Toongabbie.

Australian ancestry made up 49.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.1%.

Median household income was $1,732 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 9.4% in Toongabbie, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 40.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Renting accounted for 3.7% in Toongabbie, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..