Orford

7.9% of Orford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

198 family households lived in Orford; 20.7% were couple families and 7.1% were one-parent families.

17.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Orford had 685 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

63.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Orford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

61.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

21.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Orford had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 32.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 51.3%, while 8.2% had four or more usual residents.

14.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

60.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.2% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 34.6% of the total.

61.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.6% reported a different address.

9.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.9% of Orford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.4% of ancestry responses in Orford.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.6%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

19.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

44.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 22.9% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.6%.

Median household income was $1,110 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 14.2% in Orford, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 61.4% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 16.9% in Orford, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..