Margate

22.6% of Margate's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

1,220 family households lived in Margate; 49.9% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

43.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Margate had 4,239 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Margate.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

38.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

46.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

The average household in Margate had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 31.6% had four or more usual residents.

10.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

64.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 26.1% of the total.

73.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.9% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.2% of Margate's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Margate.

Australian ancestry made up 43.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

24.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.3%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

35.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.2%.

Median household income was $1,886 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,690.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 10.3% in Margate, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 38.0% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 15.8% in Margate, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.