Main Ridge

11.0% of Main Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

129 family households lived in Main Ridge; 32.6% were couple families and 8.5% were one-parent families.

20.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Main Ridge had 453 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.1% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 96.7% of occupied private dwellings in Main Ridge.

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

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

58.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

30.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.4% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Main Ridge had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 26.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 47.8%, while 16.1% had four or more usual residents.

34.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

39.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.1% 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 20.0% of the total.

79.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.0% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.1% of Main Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% 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 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in Main Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 34.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

28.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 28.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.3% of workers, and education and training employed 4.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.8%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

27.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

54.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 0.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.2%.

Median household income was $2,166 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,550.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $354 per week.

Working from home was 34.2% in Main Ridge, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 58.1% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 11.4% in Main Ridge, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.