Ravenswood

21.5% of Ravenswood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

990 family households lived in Ravenswood; 29.3% were couple families and 38.0% were one-parent families.

41.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Ravenswood had 3,804 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.4% of occupied private dwellings.

22.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

26.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

51.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Ravenswood had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

2.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

68.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

15.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 39.0% of the total.

46.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.9% reported a different address.

6.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

6.5% of Ravenswood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.3% of ancestry responses in Ravenswood.

Australian ancestry made up 43.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

5.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 4.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.0% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

19.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 14.1%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

45.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

15.3% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.3%.

Median household income was $858 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 2.2% in Ravenswood, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 22.1% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Renting accounted for 51.3% in Ravenswood, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..