Penguin

16.0% of Penguin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

1,141 family households lived in Penguin; 35.7% were couple families and 16.0% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Penguin had 4,132 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Penguin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

41.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

37.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Penguin had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Two-person households represented 38.4%, while 18.7% had four or more usual residents.

7.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

71.0% 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 1.9% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 34.6% of the total.

61.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.1% reported a different address.

10.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

93.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.5% of Penguin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.5% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Penguin.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

20.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.1%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

30.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

9.8% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.9%.

Median household income was $1,301 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 7.1% in Penguin, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 41.1% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Renting accounted for 21.9% in Penguin, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..