Sherbrooke

18.4% of Sherbrooke's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

82 family households lived in Sherbrooke; 47.6% were couple families and 7.3% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Sherbrooke had 294 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 98.1% of occupied private dwellings in Sherbrooke.

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

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

46.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

45.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.7% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Sherbrooke had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 38.7%, while 23.6% had four or more usual residents.

29.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

51.8% 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 2.2% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 28.4% of the total.

75.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.1% reported a different address.

20.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

9.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

20.1% of Sherbrooke's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.9% 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 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Sherbrooke.

Australian ancestry made up 34.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

32.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 20.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 12.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.5%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

53.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 21.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.4%.

Median household income was $2,408 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $355 per week.

Working from home was 29.9% in Sherbrooke, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 46.2% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 8.7% in Sherbrooke, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.