Riverside

17.7% of Riverside's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

2,015 family households lived in Riverside; 40.7% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

36.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Riverside had 7,326 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Riverside.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

38.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

35.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.3% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

The average household in Riverside had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 22.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

70.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 34.9% of the total.

61.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.8% reported a different address.

17.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

9.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

17.1% of Riverside's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.9% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Riverside.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

25.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 11.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $1,519 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,440.

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

Working from home was 6.5% in Riverside, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 38.9% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 25.3% in Riverside, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..