Shorewell Park

19.0% of Shorewell Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

510 family households lived in Shorewell Park; 30.4% were couple families and 35.1% were one-parent families.

40.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Shorewell Park had 2,150 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 86.2% of occupied private dwellings in Shorewell Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

18.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

21.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

59.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Shorewell Park had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 35.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 19.6% had four or more usual residents.

3.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

65.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

16.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 42.1% of the total.

42.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.9% reported a different address.

6.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.7% of Shorewell Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Shorewell Park.

Australian ancestry made up 48.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

9.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 6.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.8%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

18.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.9%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

41.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

20.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

16.2% reported asthma, 15.5% arthritis and 8.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.0%.

Median household income was $856 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,074.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 3.0% in Shorewell Park, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 18.9% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Renting accounted for 59.3% in Shorewell Park, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..