New Norfolk

18.6% of New Norfolk's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

1,644 family households lived in New Norfolk; 32.7% were couple families and 25.5% were one-parent families.

36.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

New Norfolk had 6,037 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 91.0% of occupied private dwellings in New Norfolk.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.

31.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

36.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.9% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in New Norfolk had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

70.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

One-car households formed 37.0% of the total.

54.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.4% reported a different address.

7.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

90.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.2% of New Norfolk's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.8% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.4% of ancestry responses in New Norfolk.

Australian ancestry made up 45.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Managers accounted for 8.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.8%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.4%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

49.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.2%.

Median household income was $1,112 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,127.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 4.6% in New Norfolk, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 31.7% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 31.9% in New Norfolk, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.