Old Beach

18.9% of Old Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

1,318 family households lived in Old Beach; 43.2% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Old Beach had 4,394 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.0% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Separate houses made up 90.2% of occupied private dwellings in Old Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

35.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

52.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

The average household in Old Beach had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 18.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 38.1%, while 24.5% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

72.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 27.0% of the total.

72.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

92.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.7% of Old Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.7% of ancestry responses in Old Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 45.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.4%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

40.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

56.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

9.4% reported asthma, 13.1% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.0%.

Median household income was $1,865 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

Working from home was 6.1% in Old Beach, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 35.7% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 11.9% in Old Beach, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.