Longford

16.0% of Longford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

1,190 family households lived in Longford; 33.4% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Longford had 4,268 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 85.8% of occupied private dwellings in Longford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.3% of occupied private dwellings.

40.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

33.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.1% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

The average household in Longford had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Two-person households represented 39.1%, while 16.5% had four or more usual residents.

6.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

70.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

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

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 35.1% of the total.

60.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.5% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

91.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Longford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.3% of ancestry responses in Longford.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.6%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

30.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

51.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.6%.

Median household income was $1,212 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 $265 per week.

Working from home was 6.7% in Longford, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 40.5% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 26.1% in Longford, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..