Blackmans Bay

17.9% of Blackmans Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

2,234 family households lived in Blackmans Bay; 42.0% were couple families and 14.6% were one-parent families.

36.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Blackmans Bay had 7,688 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 92.8% of occupied private dwellings in Blackmans Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

42.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

35.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Blackmans Bay had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 37.6%, while 24.5% had four or more usual residents.

10.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

62.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 33.6% of the total.

64.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.0% reported a different address.

21.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

10.8% used a language other than English at home.

2.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

21.0% of Blackmans Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.0% was born in Australia.

2.3% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.3% of ancestry responses in Blackmans Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.5% of responses.

29.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 13.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.6%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

32.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.7%.

Median household income was $1,806 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,655.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 10.6% in Blackmans Bay, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 42.5% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 21.9% in Blackmans Bay, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.