Wollert

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

6,501 family households lived in Wollert; 63.2% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

60.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Wollert had 24,407 residents at the 2021 Census.

42.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 87.9% of occupied private dwellings in Wollert.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

11.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

64.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Wollert 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 22.0%, while 44.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

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

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 29.3% of the total.

68.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.4% reported a different address.

50.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

31.1% of residents used only English at home.

64.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 4.7% spoke Hindi.

50.0% of Wollert's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 50.0% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

18.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 9.2% of ancestry responses in Wollert.

Australian ancestry made up 11.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

19.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.3%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

39.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

76.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 2.9% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.0%.

Median household income was $1,979 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 $391 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Wollert, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 11.5% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 24.2% in Wollert, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.