Strahan

16.6% of Strahan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

169 family households lived in Strahan; 34.3% were couple families and 10.7% were one-parent families.

36.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Strahan had 697 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Strahan.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

37.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

30.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Strahan had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 39.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 15.2% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

60.7% 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 11.2% walked or cycled.

5.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

One-car households formed 37.3% of the total.

58.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.0% reported a different address.

11.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

84.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

11.8% of Strahan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.2% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.4%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 18.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 2.8% of workers, and education and training employed 4.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

57.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 4.0% 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 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.8%.

Median household income was $1,347 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 $195 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in Strahan, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 37.4% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 31.9% in Strahan, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..