Devonport

16.4% of Devonport's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

3,833 family households lived in Devonport; 32.7% were couple families and 23.0% were one-parent families.

35.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Devonport had 14,481 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 83.3% of occupied private dwellings in Devonport.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

34.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Devonport had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 16.2% had four or more usual residents.

4.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

70.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.9% walked or cycled.

9.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 42.0% of the total.

48.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.9% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

11.4% of Devonport's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Devonport.

Australian ancestry made up 43.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 9.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

27.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

50.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 14.3% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.6%.

Median household income was $1,093 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,192.

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

Working from home was 4.3% in Devonport, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 34.1% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 36.9% in Devonport, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..