Clarkefield

17.5% of Clarkefield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

76 family households lived in Clarkefield; 46.1% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

27.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Clarkefield had 303 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in Clarkefield.

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

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

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

38.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Clarkefield had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 26.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 24.0% had four or more usual residents.

26.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above 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 24.7% of the total.

75.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.0% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

78.2% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.2% of Clarkefield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% 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 86.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.7% of ancestry responses in Clarkefield.

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 18.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.2% of workers, and education and training employed 3.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.7%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

37.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.1%.

Median household income was $1,699 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,334.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $345 per week.

Working from home was 26.6% in Clarkefield, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 16.9% in Clarkefield, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.