Prospect

15.1% of Prospect's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

509 family households lived in Prospect; 35.6% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

33.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Prospect had 1,908 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 71.9% of occupied private dwellings in Prospect.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 23.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

34.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Prospect had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

69.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 42.0% of the total.

51.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

14.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

84.4% of residents used only English at home.

9.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.6% of Prospect's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.4% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Prospect.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.6% of responses.

19.4% 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 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

32.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

52.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,233 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 $290 per week.

Working from home was 7.4% in Prospect, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 31.2% in Prospect, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..