Ambleside

14.1% of Ambleside's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

208 family households lived in Ambleside; 36.1% were couple families and 13.9% were one-parent families.

26.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Ambleside had 695 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 97.9% of occupied private dwellings in Ambleside.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

51.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

33.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Ambleside had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 42.6%, while 15.9% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

77.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 30.9% of the total.

68.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

15.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

9.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

15.8% of Ambleside's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.2% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Ambleside.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

15.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.3%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

33.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.0%.

Median household income was $1,443 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Ambleside, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 51.4% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 15.0% in Ambleside, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..