Dodges Ferry

18.1% of Dodges Ferry's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

739 family households lived in Dodges Ferry; 35.9% were couple families and 18.7% were one-parent families.

36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Dodges Ferry had 2,646 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 99.7% of occupied private dwellings in Dodges Ferry.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

34.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

47.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Dodges Ferry had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 19.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

66.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.2% reported a different address.

8.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.7% of Dodges Ferry's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Dodges Ferry.

Australian ancestry made up 44.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.5%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

31.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.

Median household income was $1,412 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 7.5% in Dodges Ferry, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 34.9% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Renting accounted for 17.7% in Dodges Ferry, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.