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Point Cook - East vs Truganina - South East
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 7.6 km apart · Point Cook - East profile · Truganina - South East profile
Point Cook - East Truganina - South East
Point Cook - East and Truganina - South East are neighbouring areas in Melbourne's west. Truganina - South East is much more walkable, with 90.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of various services, compared to 49.8% in Point Cook - East. Truganina - South East also has a higher share of people using another language at home (69.8% against 46.6% in Point Cook - East) and a larger proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher (49.1% versus 39.5%). In contrast, Point Cook - East has a far higher share of people with no religion (31.3% compared to 15.5%).
These two areas are very similar in their typical weekly household incomes, which sit around $2,300 to $2,400. Both have high proportions of people born overseas and large homes, with about 95% consisting of three or more bedrooms. Truganina - South East has seen a far higher increase in public transport departures per 1,000 people than Point Cook - East. While both areas are well above the national figure for overseas births, the gap has widened, with Truganina - South East now having a well higher share of residents born outside Australia.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2016: 12,197
- First area, 2021: 19,274
- Second area, 2021: 9,596
- First area, 2016: 32 yrs
- First area, 2021: 33 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 31 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Point Cook - East: 0.1% males, 0.1% females; 85+ in Truganina - South East: 0.0% males, 0.2% females
- 80–84 in Point Cook - East: 0.2% males, 0.2% females; 80–84 in Truganina - South East: 0.1% males, 0.1% females
- 75–79 in Point Cook - East: 0.4% males, 0.5% females; 75–79 in Truganina - South East: 0.2% males, 0.2% females
- 70–74 in Point Cook - East: 0.9% males, 0.9% females; 70–74 in Truganina - South East: 0.4% males, 0.4% females
- 65–69 in Point Cook - East: 1.2% males, 1.3% females; 65–69 in Truganina - South East: 0.7% males, 0.8% females
- 60–64 in Point Cook - East: 1.6% males, 1.4% females; 60–64 in Truganina - South East: 0.9% males, 1.1% females
- 55–59 in Point Cook - East: 2.1% males, 2.1% females; 55–59 in Truganina - South East: 1.1% males, 1.2% females
- 50–54 in Point Cook - East: 2.8% males, 2.9% females; 50–54 in Truganina - South East: 1.5% males, 1.5% females
- 45–49 in Point Cook - East: 3.7% males, 3.5% females; 45–49 in Truganina - South East: 2.7% males, 2.2% females
- 40–44 in Point Cook - East: 4.8% males, 4.3% females; 40–44 in Truganina - South East: 5.3% males, 3.7% females
- 35–39 in Point Cook - East: 5.6% males, 6.0% females; 35–39 in Truganina - South East: 8.2% males, 7.6% females
- 30–34 in Point Cook - East: 3.8% males, 4.8% females; 30–34 in Truganina - South East: 5.8% males, 7.4% females
- 25–29 in Point Cook - East: 3.2% males, 3.1% females; 25–29 in Truganina - South East: 4.9% males, 3.8% females
- 20–24 in Point Cook - East: 2.8% males, 2.7% females; 20–24 in Truganina - South East: 3.2% males, 2.2% females
- 15–19 in Point Cook - East: 3.1% males, 2.5% females; 15–19 in Truganina - South East: 2.0% males, 1.6% females
- 10–14 in Point Cook - East: 4.3% males, 3.9% females; 10–14 in Truganina - South East: 3.1% males, 2.9% females
- 5–9 in Point Cook - East: 5.4% males, 4.9% females; 5–9 in Truganina - South East: 5.7% males, 5.1% females
- 0–4 in Point Cook - East: 4.5% males, 4.3% females; 0–4 in Truganina - South East: 6.5% males, 5.6% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2016: $839
- First area, 2021: $963
- Second area, 2021: $972
- First area, 2016: $2,131
- First area, 2021: $2,381
- Second area, 2021: $2,337
- First area, 2016: $2,156
- First area, 2021: $2,445
- Second area, 2021: $2,322
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2016: 3.2
- First area, 2021: 3.2
- Second area, 2021: 3.3
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2016: $381
- First area, 2021: $401
- Second area, 2021: $395
- First area, 2016: $2,167
- First area, 2021: $2,200
- Second area, 2021: $2,000
- First area, 2016: 0.80
- First area, 2021: 0.80
- Second area, 2021: 0.90
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Economy & Advantage
Environment & Climate
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Point Cook - East vs Truganina - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/213051464/point-cook-east/vs/213051587/truganina-south-east