Prospect Vale

14.6% of Prospect Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,536 family households lived in Prospect Vale; 35.9% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Prospect Vale had 5,433 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 79.5% of occupied private dwellings in Prospect Vale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.8% of occupied private dwellings.

41.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

31.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Prospect Vale had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 15.7% had four or more usual residents.

4.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

74.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

6.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 40.0% of the total.

54.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.6% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

12.1% of Prospect Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.5% of ancestry responses in Prospect Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.3%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

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

52.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 15.5% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.3%.

Median household income was $1,268 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,430.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 4.9% in Prospect Vale, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 41.6% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 26.5% in Prospect Vale, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..