St Leonards

20.5% of St Leonards's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

665 family households lived in St Leonards; 40.3% were couple families and 20.2% were one-parent families.

41.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

St Leonards had 2,351 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 93.5% of occupied private dwellings in St Leonards.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

45.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in St Leonards had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 22.7% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

78.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

3.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 26.6% of the total.

69.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.9% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

8.5% of St Leonards's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.8% of ancestry responses in St Leonards.

Australian ancestry made up 45.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

17.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.5%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

37.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.0%.

Median household income was $1,572 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in St Leonards, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 21.9% in St Leonards, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..