Sandy Bay

12.3% of Sandy Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

3,060 family households lived in Sandy Bay; 36.5% were couple families and 9.2% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Sandy Bay had 12,315 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 68.5% of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 17.1% of occupied private dwellings.

42.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

22.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Sandy Bay had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

12.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

47.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

6.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.0% walked or cycled.

8.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

One-car households formed 40.6% of the total.

50.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.3% reported a different address.

36.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.

68.9% of residents used only English at home.

27.3% used a language other than English at home.

11.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

36.0% of Sandy Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 64.0% was born in Australia.

10.2% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 73.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.3% of ancestry responses in Sandy Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 26.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 14.5% of responses.

35.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 13.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.8%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.3%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

64.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

38.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 26.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 10.0%.

Median household income was $1,915 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $418 per week.

Working from home was 12.0% in Sandy Bay, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 42.8% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 35.3% in Sandy Bay, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.