Bicheno

11.5% of Bicheno's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

298 family households lived in Bicheno; 25.2% were couple families and 10.7% were one-parent families.

25.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Bicheno had 1,049 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 93.4% of occupied private dwellings in Bicheno.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

52.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

23.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Bicheno had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 31.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 47.2%, while 10.7% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

53.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.5% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 39.3% of the total.

58.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

17.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

84.0% of residents used only English at home.

9.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.9% of Bicheno's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.1% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Bicheno.

Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

16.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Managers accounted for 18.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.0%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

23.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

52.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.9%.

Median household income was $1,030 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,280.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 10.7% in Bicheno, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 52.6% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 24.4% in Bicheno, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..