East Devonport

17.4% of East Devonport's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,126 family households lived in East Devonport; 27.5% were couple families and 29.2% were one-parent families.

36.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

East Devonport had 4,384 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.8% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Separate houses made up 85.3% of occupied private dwellings in East Devonport.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

22.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in East Devonport had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 14.3% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

67.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

9.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 42.5% of the total.

47.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.1% of East Devonport's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in East Devonport.

Australian ancestry made up 42.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

9.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

20.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

46.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.9% reported asthma, 15.0% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.9%.

Median household income was $900 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,059.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $235 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in East Devonport, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 34.2% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 43.0% in East Devonport, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..