Turners Beach

17.0% of Turners Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

578 family households lived in Turners Beach; 37.5% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

33.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Turners Beach had 1,966 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

Separate houses made up 87.9% of occupied private dwellings in Turners Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

43.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

39.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Turners Beach had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 24.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 40.8%, while 19.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

73.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 30.4% of the total.

67.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.2% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

92.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.1% of Turners Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.3% of ancestry responses in Turners Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 43.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

21.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 15.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.1%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

55.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.2%.

Median household income was $1,513 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 6.5% in Turners Beach, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 43.9% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 16.9% in Turners Beach, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..