Swansea

7.0% of Swansea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

288 family households lived in Swansea; 19.1% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

14.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Swansea had 997 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

63.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Swansea.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

58.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

21.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Swansea had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 31.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 52.7%, while 8.9% had four or more usual residents.

9.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

56.9% 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 12.9% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 34.3% of the total.

62.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.

15.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.7% of Swansea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.5% of ancestry responses in Swansea.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

7.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 21.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 3.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.4%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

19.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

45.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 21.5% arthritis and 8.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.9%.

Median household income was $929 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,079.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $238 per week.

Working from home was 9.9% in Swansea, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 58.5% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 20.5% in Swansea, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..