East Launceston

17.2% of East Launceston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

601 family households lived in East Launceston; 42.4% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

East Launceston had 2,270 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 76.4% of occupied private dwellings in East Launceston.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 16.6% of occupied private dwellings.

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

29.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in East Launceston had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.7% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

8.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

57.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.8% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

One-car households formed 41.9% of the total.

52.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

18.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

86.1% of residents used only English at home.

10.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

18.4% of East Launceston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.6% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in East Launceston.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

33.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.9%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

35.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

60.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.6%.

Median household income was $1,885 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 8.2% in East Launceston, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 31.4% in East Launceston, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..