Arthurs Seat

17.1% of Arthurs Seat's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

124 family households lived in Arthurs Seat; 41.1% were couple families and 7.3% were one-parent families.

33.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Arthurs Seat had 414 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 99.3% of occupied private dwellings in Arthurs Seat.

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

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

50.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

40.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Arthurs Seat had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 18.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 43.9%, while 23.0% had four or more usual residents.

30.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

43.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 14.3% of the total.

87.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.3% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

92.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.0% of Arthurs Seat's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.7% of ancestry responses in Arthurs Seat.

Australian ancestry made up 36.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

27.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 17.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.9%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 6.5% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.4%.

Median household income was $2,015 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,184.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $435 per week.

Working from home was 30.7% in Arthurs Seat, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 50.7% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 8.8% in Arthurs Seat, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.