Traralgon East

16.3% of Traralgon East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

535 family households lived in Traralgon East; 45.4% were couple families and 7.9% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Traralgon East had 1,780 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 99.8% of occupied private dwellings in Traralgon East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

46.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Traralgon East had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 39.1%, while 28.7% had four or more usual residents.

13.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

66.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 14.2% of the total.

86.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.5% reported a different address.

9.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

92.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.4% of Traralgon East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Traralgon East.

Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.5%.

Median household income was $2,306 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 13.1% in Traralgon East, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 5.3% in Traralgon East, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..