Traralgon

18.6% of Traralgon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

7,101 family households lived in Traralgon; 39.0% were couple families and 19.5% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Traralgon had 26,907 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.4% of occupied private dwellings in Traralgon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.2% of occupied private dwellings.

35.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

38.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Traralgon had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

66.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

56.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.1% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

13.0% of Traralgon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in Traralgon.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

20.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,484 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $275 per week.

Working from home was 11.4% in Traralgon, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 35.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 26.8% in Traralgon, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..