2016 Census QuickStats

People — demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Male	2,199,597	49.0	2,908,077	49.1	11,546,638	49.3
Female	2,285,616	51.0	3,018,549	50.9	11,855,248	50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	24,062	0.5	47,788	0.8	649,171	2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 4,485,211 people in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas). Of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

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Age	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Median age	36	--	37	--	38	--
0-4 years	287,178	6.4	371,220	6.3	1,464,779	6.3
5-9 years	278,506	6.2	368,631	6.2	1,502,646	6.4
10-14 years	254,017	5.7	341,063	5.8	1,397,183	6.0
15-19 years	269,015	6.0	356,340	6.0	1,421,595	6.1
20-24 years	333,367	7.4	413,792	7.0	1,566,793	6.7
25-29 years	362,435	8.1	441,266	7.4	1,664,602	7.1
30-34 years	367,913	8.2	447,927	7.6	1,703,847	7.3
35-39 years	325,319	7.3	404,026	6.8	1,561,679	6.7
40-44 years	313,768	7.0	401,887	6.8	1,583,257	6.8
45-49 years	307,580	6.9	402,043	6.8	1,581,455	6.8
50-54 years	279,728	6.2	378,371	6.4	1,523,551	6.5
55-59 years	255,824	5.7	357,616	6.0	1,454,332	6.2
60-64 years	221,078	4.9	319,840	5.4	1,299,397	5.6
65-69 years	197,002	4.4	291,397	4.9	1,188,999	5.1
70-74 years	147,281	3.3	218,203	3.7	887,716	3.8
75-79 years	112,832	2.5	165,115	2.8	652,657	2.8
80-84 years	83,219	1.9	119,895	2.0	460,549	2.0
85 years and over	89,151	2.0	127,993	2.2	486,842	2.1

The median age of people in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Married	1,772,724	48.4	2,344,107	48.4	9,148,218	48.1
Separated	103,965	2.8	146,493	3.0	608,059	3.2
Divorced	272,040	7.4	382,544	7.9	1,626,890	8.5
Widowed	173,566	4.7	251,674	5.2	985,204	5.2
Never married	1,343,230	36.6	1,720,887	35.5	6,668,910	35.0

Of people in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas) aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status People aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Registered marriage	1,572,151	47.6	2,060,766	47.8	8,001,141	47.7
De facto marriage	313,250	9.5	422,258	9.8	1,751,731	10.4
Not married	1,418,739	42.9	1,830,228	42.4	7,024,973	41.9

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Preschool	73,041	5.2	94,970	5.2	347,621	4.8
Primary - Government	237,135	16.8	313,881	17.2	1,314,787	18.2
Primary - Catholic	74,785	5.3	102,778	5.6	380,604	5.3
Primary - other non Government	41,862	3.0	52,041	2.8	231,490	3.2
Secondary - Government	149,913	10.6	201,166	11.0	827,505	11.5
Secondary - Catholic	64,045	4.5	88,999	4.9	338,384	4.7
Secondary - other non Government	60,099	4.3	73,973	4.0	280,618	3.9
Technical or further education institution	80,857	5.7	103,685	5.7	424,869	5.9
University or tertiary institution	287,125	20.4	325,051	17.8	1,160,626	16.1
Other	49,898	3.5	59,498	3.3	198,383	2.8
Not stated	289,156	20.5	413,199	22.6	1,707,023	23.7

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 26.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Bachelor Degree level and above	1,006,208	27.5	1,177,540	24.3	4,181,406	22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	347,014	9.5	447,023	9.2	1,687,893	8.9
Certificate level IV	96,787	2.6	138,313	2.9	551,767	2.9
Certificate level III	373,322	10.2	555,583	11.5	2,442,203	12.8
Year 12	630,941	17.2	772,461	15.9	2,994,097	15.7
Year 11	203,582	5.6	298,342	6.2	941,531	4.9
Year 10	248,009	6.8	376,237	7.8	2,054,331	10.8
Certificate level II	1,999	0.1	3,233	0.1	13,454	0.1
Certificate level I	387	0.0	542	0.0	2,176	0.0
Year 9 or below	294,678	8.0	430,152	8.9	1,529,897	8.0
No educational attainment	43,515	1.2	48,920	1.0	145,844	0.8
Not stated	331,859	9.1	482,823	10.0	1,974,794	10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 17.2% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 12.8% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.5% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

2011 benchmarks are not available for this data item.

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People — cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Australia	2,684,072	59.8	3,845,493	64.9	15,614,835	66.7
Other top responses

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Both parents born overseas	2,072,066	46.2	2,283,741	38.5	8,051,196	34.4
Father only born overseas	288,560	6.4	365,528	6.2	1,488,092	6.4
Mother only born overseas	206,204	4.6	259,832	4.4	1,094,591	4.7
Both parents born in Australia	1,634,121	36.4	2,611,265	44.1	11,070,538	47.3

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 36.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

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Religious affiliation, top responses	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

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Language, top responses (other than English)	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

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People — employment

Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Worked full-time	1,315,635	58.0	1,670,556	57.0	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	695,178	30.6	920,875	31.4	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	104,679	4.6	144,696	4.9	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	153,625	6.8	193,465	6.6	787,452	6.9

There were 2,269,117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas). Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked Employed people aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
1-15 hours per week	247,403	11.7	329,396	12.0	1,218,823	11.4
16-24 hours per week	219,460	10.4	286,191	10.5	1,079,236	10.1
25-34 hours per week	228,318	10.8	305,282	11.2	1,193,445	11.2
35-39 hours per week	406,480	19.2	511,004	18.7	2,031,263	19.0
40 hours or more per week	909,156	43.0	1,159,551	42.4	4,591,801	43.0

Of employed people in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation Employed people aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

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Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Personal	673	--	644	--	662	--
Family	1,826	--	1,715	--	1,734	--
Household	1,542	--	1,419	--	1,438	--

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas) was $673.

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Travel to work, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	2,500,489	68.2	3,315,451	68.4	13,143,914	69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	1,009,000	27.5	1,329,164	27.4	5,259,400	27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	413,611	11.3	560,866	11.6	2,145,203	11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	645,439	17.6	931,546	19.2	3,620,726	19.0

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours People aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Less than 5 hours per week	896,253	24.5	1,130,813	23.3	4,298,593	22.6
5 to 14 hours per week	928,683	25.3	1,232,398	25.4	4,944,578	26.0
15 to 29 hours per week	383,944	10.5	535,249	11.0	2,189,776	11.5
30 hours or more per week	291,605	8.0	416,986	8.6	1,710,970	9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families — family composition

Family composition	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Couple family without children	400,693	34.5	559,717	36.5	2,291,987	37.8
Couple family with children	563,155	48.5	709,965	46.3	2,716,224	44.7
One parent family	174,769	15.0	234,596	15.3	959,543	15.8
Other family	23,028	2.0	27,800	1.8	102,559	1.7

Of the families in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 48.5% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Male	--	17.6	--	17.8	--	18.2
Female	--	82.4	--	82.2	--	81.8

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

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Families — employment status of couple families

Employment status of parents in couple families Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Both employed, worked full-time	211,039	21.9	265,107	20.9	1,084,006	21.6
Both employed, worked part-time	38,293	4.0	52,749	4.2	203,596	4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time	218,082	22.6	291,419	23.0	1,086,460	21.7
One employed full-time, other not working	160,094	16.6	198,294	15.6	749,886	15.0
One employed part-time, other not working	58,500	6.1	77,946	6.1	302,037	6.0
Both not working	176,901	18.4	247,456	19.5	1,006,697	20.1
Other (includes away from work)	49,288	5.1	67,309	5.3	264,145	5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family)	51,648	5.4	69,393	5.5	311,381	6.2

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings — dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings	1,574,484	90.4	2,112,699	88.3	8,286,073	88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings	167,500	9.6	278,629	11.7	1,039,874	11.2

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure Occupied private dwellings	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Separate house	1,067,637	67.8	1,546,945	73.2	6,041,788	72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc	264,404	16.8	300,918	14.2	1,055,016	12.7
Flat or apartment	231,297	14.7	246,040	11.6	1,087,434	13.1
Other dwelling	6,400	0.4	11,093	0.5	64,425	0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 67.8% were separate houses, 16.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.7% were flat or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms Occupied private dwellings	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
None (includes bedsitters)	6,732	0.4	8,279	0.4	39,769	0.5
1 bedroom	90,018	5.7	107,356	5.1	411,252	5.0
2 bedrooms	319,669	20.3	407,620	19.3	1,562,759	18.9
3 bedrooms	662,460	42.1	930,257	44.0	3,403,190	41.1
4 or more bedrooms	459,373	29.2	608,502	28.8	2,670,758	32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated	36,215	2.3	50,691	2.4	198,351	2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling	3	--	3	--	3.1	--
Average number of people per household	2.7	--	2.6	--	2.6	--

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

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Tenure Occupied private dwellings	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Owned outright	479,374	30.4	682,685	32.3	2,565,695	31.0
Owned with a mortgage	567,574	36.0	746,502	35.3	2,855,222	34.5
Rented	472,462	30.0	607,354	28.7	2,561,302	30.9
Other tenure type	12,777	0.8	17,178	0.8	78,994	1.0
Tenure type not stated	42,294	2.7	58,983	2.8	224,869	2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 30.4% were owned outright, 36.0% were owned with a mortgage and 30.0% were rented.

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Dwellings — household composition

Household composition	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Family households	1,129,553	71.7	1,495,290	70.8	5,907,625	71.3
Single (or lone) person households	366,005	23.2	521,828	24.7	2,023,542	24.4
Group households	78,913	5.0	95,588	4.5	354,917	4.3

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), of all households, 71.7% were family households, 23.2% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

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Household income	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Less than $650 gross weekly income	--	18.4	--	20.3	--	20.0
More than $3000 gross weekly income	--	17.9	--	15.5	--	16.4

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 18.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 17.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Dwellings — mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Median rent	350	--	325	--	335	--
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income	--	89.0	--	89.6	--	88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	11.0	--	10.4	--	11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and excluding the small proportion of visitor-only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion.

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Mortgage monthly repayments	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Median mortgage repayments	1,800	--	1,728	--	1,755	--
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income	--	91.9	--	92.5	--	92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	8.1	--	7.5	--	7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion.

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Dwellings — number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
None	137,311	8.7	166,061	7.9	623,829	7.5
1 motor vehicle	546,747	34.7	722,675	34.2	2,881,485	34.8
2 motor vehicles	576,152	36.6	776,286	36.7	2,999,184	36.2
3 or more vehicles	264,077	16.8	374,426	17.7	1,496,382	18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated	50,187	3.2	73,257	3.5	285,197	3.4

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Dwellings — internet connection

Dwelling internet connection	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Internet not accessed from dwelling	185,067	11.8	287,506	13.6	1,172,415	14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling	1,348,449	85.6	1,768,050	83.7	6,892,165	83.2
Not stated	40,960	2.6	57,157	2.7	221,494	2.7

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 85.6% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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People characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples

People characteristics Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Male	11,933	49.6	23,622	49.4	322,171	49.6
Female	12,136	50.4	24,159	50.6	326,996	50.4
Median age	24	--	23	--	23	--

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), 49.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 50.4% were female. The median age was 24 years.

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Dwelling characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Average number of people per household	3	--	3	--	3.2	--
Average number of persons per bedroom	1	--	1	--	1	--
Median weekly household income	1,433	--	1,200	--	1,203	--

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,433.

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Mortgage and rent Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Greater Melbourne	%	Victoria	%	Australia	%
Median weekly rent	321	--	261	--	250	--
Median monthly mortgage repayments	1,733	--	1,517	--	1,660	--

In Greater Melbourne (Greater Capital City Statistical Areas), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $321 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.

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