Emu Heights

17.0% of Emu Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

52 family households lived in Emu Heights; 30.8% were couple families and 19.2% were one-parent families.

36.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Emu Heights had 182 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Emu Heights.

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

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

30.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

41.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Emu Heights had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 46.8%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

9.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

One-car households formed 39.0% of the total.

53.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.9% reported a different address.

9.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

90.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.3% of Emu Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.1% of ancestry responses in Emu Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.1% of workers, and education and training employed 4.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.3%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

41.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

18.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

20.9% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 57.1%.

Median household income was $1,178 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $256 per week.

Working from home was 9.0% in Emu Heights, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 30.0% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 28.6% in Emu Heights, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..