Brighton

22.1% of Brighton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

1,462 family households lived in Brighton; 42.8% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

43.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Brighton had 4,983 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 81.6% of occupied private dwellings in Brighton.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 17.3% of occupied private dwellings.

26.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

51.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Brighton had 2.6 people.

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

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 23.7% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

72.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 30.2% of the total.

67.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.3% reported a different address.

4.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

94.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

4.5% of Brighton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Brighton.

Australian ancestry made up 48.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

8.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 4.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.1%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

40.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 63.0%.

Median household income was $1,528 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,450.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Brighton, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 26.1% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 22.6% in Brighton, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.