Smithton

18.2% of Smithton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,019 family households lived in Smithton; 35.1% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

33.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Smithton had 3,934 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 92.2% of occupied private dwellings in Smithton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

37.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

34.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Smithton had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 38.3%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

72.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.4% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

One-car households formed 36.0% of the total.

58.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

9.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.3% of Smithton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.7% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Smithton.

Australian ancestry made up 44.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

8.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 13.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

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

30.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

54.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.8%.

Median household income was $1,189 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $222 per week.

Working from home was 4.0% in Smithton, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 37.5% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 28.5% in Smithton, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..