Bridgewater

24.9% of Bridgewater's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

1,178 family households lived in Bridgewater; 30.1% were couple families and 42.4% were one-parent families.

48.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Bridgewater had 4,592 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 87.9% of occupied private dwellings in Bridgewater.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.3% of occupied private dwellings.

20.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

22.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

57.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.

The average household in Bridgewater had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 31.0%, while 23.0% had four or more usual residents.

2.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

68.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

3.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

14.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 40.1% of the total.

45.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.2% reported a different address.

6.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

86.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

6.0% of Bridgewater's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Bridgewater.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

5.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Managers accounted for 5.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 4.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.8%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

20.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.7%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

47.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.8% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.3%.

Median household income was $944 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 2.6% in Bridgewater, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 20.2% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 57.0% in Bridgewater, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.