Truganina

29.1% of Truganina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

8,800 family households lived in Truganina; 66.0% were couple families and 10.2% were one-parent families.

65.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Truganina had 36,305 residents at the 2021 Census.

45.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

7.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in Truganina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

8.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

59.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.9% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Truganina had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 9.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 19.6%, while 46.2% had four or more usual residents.

23.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

52.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 34.2% of the total.

63.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

36.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 63.1% reported a different address.

58.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

23.6% of residents used only English at home.

67.1% used a language other than English at home.

2.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 6.2% spoke Hindi.

58.2% of Truganina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 41.8% was born in Australia.

1.9% of residents were born in China.

26.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 63.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 7.6% of ancestry responses in Truganina.

Australian ancestry made up 9.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.0% of responses.

21.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

76.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.1% reported asthma, 1.9% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 20.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.7%.

Median household income was $2,126 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 23.8% in Truganina, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 8.6% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 31.9% in Truganina, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.