Moorooduc

13.3% of Moorooduc's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

298 family households lived in Moorooduc; 44.3% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

25.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Moorooduc had 1,004 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Moorooduc.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

50.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

37.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.7% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Moorooduc had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 29.3% had four or more usual residents.

25.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

51.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.9% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 15.9% of the total.

82.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.8% reported a different address.

14.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.1% of Moorooduc's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.5% of ancestry responses in Moorooduc.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

19.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 23.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.5%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

38.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

62.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.2%.

Median household income was $2,256 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,033.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $351 per week.

Working from home was 25.2% in Moorooduc, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 50.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 11.7% in Moorooduc, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.