Sheffield

12.7% of Sheffield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

432 family households lived in Sheffield; 28.5% were couple families and 13.7% were one-parent families.

24.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Sheffield had 1,602 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 91.6% of occupied private dwellings in Sheffield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

50.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Sheffield had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 31.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 41.6%, while 13.4% had four or more usual residents.

12.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

61.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 34.2% of the total.

59.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.0% of Sheffield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.4% of ancestry responses in Sheffield.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

9.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.8%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

21.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

45.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 16.4% arthritis and 8.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.8%.

Median household income was $970 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 12.3% in Sheffield, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 50.2% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 24.2% in Sheffield, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..