Golden Valley

16.4% of Golden Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

58 family households lived in Golden Valley; 44.8% were couple families and 5.2% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Golden Valley had 226 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 90.3% of occupied private dwellings in Golden Valley.

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

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

55.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

33.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Golden Valley had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 40.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 30.0%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

24.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 30.0% of the total.

64.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.5% reported a different address.

22.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

93.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

22.1% of Golden Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.9% 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 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Golden Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 22.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.0%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

22.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

62.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.1% reported asthma, 12.8% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 24.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.9%.

Median household income was $912 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $176 per week.

Working from home was 24.1% in Golden Valley, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 55.4% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 10.8% in Golden Valley, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..