Weir Views

33.7% of Weir Views's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

1,085 family households lived in Weir Views; 56.0% were couple families and 20.4% were one-parent families.

66.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Weir Views had 4,348 residents at the 2021 Census.

40.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

6.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Weir Views.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

6.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

52.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.7% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Weir Views had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 12.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 23.2%, while 43.4% had four or more usual residents.

15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

61.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 34.3% of the total.

62.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

18.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 81.1% reported a different address.

41.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

48.4% of residents used only English at home.

45.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.

41.4% of Weir Views's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 58.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

11.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 71.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 19.6% of ancestry responses in Weir Views.

Australian ancestry made up 21.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

13.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.1%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

70.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 2.8% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.0%.

Median household income was $1,780 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $352 per week.

Working from home was 15.4% in Weir Views, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 6.0% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 41.7% in Weir Views, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.