Kings Meadows

18.5% of Kings Meadows's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,166 family households lived in Kings Meadows; 37.1% were couple families and 21.7% were one-parent families.

41.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Kings Meadows had 4,359 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 84.0% of occupied private dwellings in Kings Meadows.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.5% of occupied private dwellings.

30.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

34.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Kings Meadows had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 20.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

70.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% walked or cycled.

10.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 38.1% of the total.

51.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.9% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

9.1% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

14.7% of Kings Meadows's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Kings Meadows.

Australian ancestry made up 41.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

19.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.3%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

33.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

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

55.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.5%.

Median household income was $1,306 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,365.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $312 per week.

Working from home was 5.2% in Kings Meadows, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 30.7% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 34.5% in Kings Meadows, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..