Rokeby

20.7% of Rokeby's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

1,138 family households lived in Rokeby; 35.9% were couple families and 29.5% were one-parent families.

44.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Rokeby had 4,211 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Rokeby.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

20.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

40.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.7% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Rokeby had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 31.6%, while 21.8% had four or more usual residents.

4.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

65.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

5.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

8.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

One-car households formed 39.7% of the total.

52.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.6% reported a different address.

13.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

82.6% of residents used only English at home.

11.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

13.4% of Rokeby's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.6% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

2.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.5% of ancestry responses in Rokeby.

Australian ancestry made up 41.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 7.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.1%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

53.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.1%.

Median household income was $1,279 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 $330 per week.

Working from home was 4.8% in Rokeby, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 20.4% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 38.7% in Rokeby, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.