City stats and facts

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the results from the 2021 Census of Population and Households over three stages in 2022 and 2023.

Council uses Census data to help understand, analyse and compare Frankston City’s changing and diverse community characteristics, residential housing needs along with economic and demographic profile.

This information is vital to ensure the work Council undertakes in delivering programs, infrastructure and services supports the many needs of our growing community.

Population

We have an estimated population of 141,078

  • 51.1% Female
  • 48.9% Male
  • 1.3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Median age 39 years

 

There are 37,590 families

  • Average of 1.8 children per family

Family Composition

  • 12,643 (22.8%) Couple without children
  • 16,102 (29.0%) Couple with children
  • 7,427 (13.4%) One parent family
  • 569 (1.0%) Other family
  • 8,599 (6.2%) Children aged 0-4yrs
  • 12,158 (8.7%) Primary school students locally
  • 9,913 (7.1%) Secondary school students
  • 10,744 (7.7%) Tertiary students (Uni, TAFE etc)

Private Dwellings

  • 2.5 average people per household
  • $1,653 median weekly household income
  • $1,800 median monthly mortgage repayment
  • $356 median weekly rent
  • 1.9 average motor vehicles per dwelling

 

Changes in Frankston City since the last Census

In 2021 compared to 2016:

  • 20% of people worked at home compared to 3.5%
  • The unemployment rate decreased by 1.8% (lower than the Victorian average)
  • 18.7% of people have a university qualification in 2021 compared to 14.5% in 2016.

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