Parklands

17.0% of Parklands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

233 family households lived in Parklands; 39.9% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Parklands had 865 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 90.4% of occupied private dwellings in Parklands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

36.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

33.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Parklands had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 18.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

71.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

One-car households formed 48.5% of the total.

45.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.3% reported a different address.

14.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

14.1% of Parklands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 39.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

28.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

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

58.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.7%.

Median household income was $1,433 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,230.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $273 per week.

Working from home was 6.2% in Parklands, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 36.9% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 29.4% in Parklands, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..