Templestowe Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Templestowe (3106) is a suburb of Melbourne, North East, Victoria. It is about 16 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Templestowe is in the federal electorate of Menzies.

In the 2011 census the population of Templestowe was 16,484 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Templestowe is 43 years of age.

60.4% of people living in the suburb of Templestowe were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.5% China , 2.9% Italy, 2.9% England, 2.7% Malaysia, 2.6% Greece, 2.6% Hong Kong , 1.9% South Africa, 1.3% New Zealand, 1.3% Iran, 1.2% India, 1.0% Egypt, 0.8% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.6% Lebanon.

58.2% of people living in Templestowe speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.7% Greek, 7.1% Cantonese, 5.0% Italian, 5.0% Mandarin, 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Arabic, 2.3% Other, 1.6% Persian, 0.7% Other.

The religious makeup of Templestowe is 27.8% Catholic, 19.1% No religion, 11.8% Eastern Orthodox, 10.0% Anglican, 6.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Uniting Church, 3.4% Islam, 3.4% Buddhism, 2.5% Baptist, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed.

58.9% of people are married, 29.1% have never married and 4.7% are divorced and 1.8% are separated. There are 759 widowed people living in Templestowe.

57.7% of the people living in Templestowe over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.6% are working on a part time basis. Templestowe has an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Templestowe are 27.6% Professionals, 18.2% Managers, 15.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.3% Sales workers, 9.4% Technicians & trades workers, 8.2% Community & personal service workers, 4.2% Labourers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 2.1% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Templestowe work in are 13.3% Retail trade, 12.0% Health care and social assistance, 11.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.2% Manufacturing, 8.1% Education and training, 6.8% Construction, 6.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.9% Wholesale trade, 5.5% Financial and insurance services.

48.9% of homes are fully owned, and 36.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $615 per week and the median household income is $1788 per week.

The median rent in Templestowe is $383 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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