Somerset

16.2% of Somerset's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

1,128 family households lived in Somerset; 31.1% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Somerset had 4,067 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Somerset.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

41.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

30.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Somerset had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 38.4%, while 16.0% had four or more usual residents.

4.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

73.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

6.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

54.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.0% reported a different address.

8.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

92.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.0% of Somerset's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Somerset.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

16.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Managers accounted for 7.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

27.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

50.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 7.5% 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 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.1%.

Median household income was $1,100 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,192.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 4.5% in Somerset, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 41.1% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Renting accounted for 28.2% in Somerset, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..