Glenorchy

15.3% of Glenorchy's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

3,013 family households lived in Glenorchy; 34.1% were couple families and 25.2% were one-parent families.

38.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Glenorchy had 12,013 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 78.1% of occupied private dwellings in Glenorchy.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.3% of occupied private dwellings.

26.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

27.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.4% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Glenorchy had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 35.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 29.9%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

61.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

6.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

13.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 41.1% of the total.

45.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.3% reported a different address.

27.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

68.5% of residents used only English at home.

25.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

27.7% of Glenorchy's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.3% was born in Australia.

1.4% of residents were born in China.

4.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.8% of ancestry responses in Glenorchy.

Australian ancestry made up 31.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

13.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 7.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

26.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.8%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.2%.

Median household income was $1,143 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 $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in Glenorchy, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 26.8% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 45.4% in Glenorchy, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.