Point Leo

9.6% of Point Leo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

52 family households lived in Point Leo; 32.7% were couple families and 17.3% were one-parent families.

19.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Point Leo had 178 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 96.7% of occupied private dwellings in Point Leo.

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

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

81.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

12.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Point Leo had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 42.4%, while 30.5% had four or more usual residents.

36.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

44.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

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

5.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 11.9% of the total.

81.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

81.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 18.1% reported a different address.

11.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

97.8% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.8% of Point Leo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.2% 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 93.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.9% of ancestry responses in Point Leo.

Australian ancestry made up 33.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

24.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 24.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.0% of workers, and education and training employed 17.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.2%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

58.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.0%.

Median household income was $2,094 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $611 per week.

Working from home was 36.8% in Point Leo, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 81.6% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 6.1% in Point Leo, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.