Wattle Glen

16.7% of Wattle Glen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

540 family households lived in Wattle Glen; 53.5% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Wattle Glen had 1,911 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 99.8% of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Glen.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

42.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

52.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Wattle Glen had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 12.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 31.0%, while 35.5% had four or more usual residents.

24.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

52.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% 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 16.4% of the total.

82.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.9% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

92.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.2% of Wattle Glen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Wattle Glen.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

22.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.8%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

38.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

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

58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.1%.

Median household income was $2,425 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 24.3% in Wattle Glen, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 42.0% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 5.1% in Wattle Glen, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.