St Helens

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

592 family households lived in St Helens; 24.5% were couple families and 16.0% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

St Helens had 2,206 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 86.5% of occupied private dwellings in St Helens.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

51.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

22.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.9% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

The average household in St Helens had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 37.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 41.6%, while 10.2% had four or more usual residents.

10.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

55.9% 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 8.4% walked or cycled.

7.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 41.0% of the total.

51.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

14.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.6% of St Helens's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in St Helens.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

12.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 15.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

16.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

47.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 18.2% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $824 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 $230 per week.

Working from home was 10.3% in St Helens, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 51.3% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 25.9% in St Helens, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..