Trafalgar

20.1% of Trafalgar's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1,171 family households lived in Trafalgar; 39.2% were couple families and 18.4% were one-parent families.

39.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Trafalgar had 4,349 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.0% of occupied private dwellings in Trafalgar.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

40.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

37.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Trafalgar had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 22.5% had four or more usual residents.

11.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 33.8% of the total.

62.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

9.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.7% of Trafalgar's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.5% of ancestry responses in Trafalgar.

Australian ancestry made up 43.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

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

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.6%.

Median household income was $1,448 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,432.

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

Working from home was 11.1% in Trafalgar, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

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

Renting accounted for 21.6% in Trafalgar, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..