George Town

17.9% of George Town's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,243 family households lived in George Town; 29.4% were couple families and 23.1% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

George Town had 4,536 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 87.1% of occupied private dwellings in George Town.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

39.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

25.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in George Town had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 37.3%, while 17.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

69.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

9.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 40.5% of the total.

50.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.5% reported a different address.

11.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

91.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.3% of George Town's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% 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 46.2% of ancestry responses in George Town.

Australian ancestry made up 44.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

7.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 7.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

20.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 13.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

45.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.6% reported asthma, 17.3% arthritis and 8.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.8%.

Median household income was $901 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $913.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 4.9% in George Town, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 39.3% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 35.6% in George Town, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..