Launceston

8.7% of Launceston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

707 family households lived in Launceston; 25.0% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

23.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Launceston had 3,110 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 38.0% of occupied private dwellings in Launceston.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 33.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 24.4% of occupied private dwellings.

30.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

16.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

52.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Launceston had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 9.5% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

46.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 24.1% walked or cycled.

14.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 47.2% of the total.

38.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.8% reported a different address.

25.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

75.9% of residents used only English at home.

17.7% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

25.6% of Launceston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.4% was born in Australia.

1.8% of residents were born in China.

2.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Launceston.

Australian ancestry made up 29.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.9% of responses.

30.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 14.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

57.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.8%.

Median household income was $1,439 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,530.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 9.3% in Launceston, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 30.9% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 52.5% in Launceston, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..