Ulverstone

14.9% of Ulverstone's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,832 family households lived in Ulverstone; 32.1% were couple families and 19.9% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Ulverstone had 6,653 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 84.9% of occupied private dwellings in Ulverstone.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

44.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

27.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Ulverstone had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 36.3%, while 15.0% had four or more usual residents.

5.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

71.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% 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 41.4% of the total.

51.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.9% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

92.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

8.8% of Ulverstone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.7% of ancestry responses in Ulverstone.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.4%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

24.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

50.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 16.2% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.7%.

Median household income was $1,012 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 5.1% in Ulverstone, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 44.7% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 27.4% in Ulverstone, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..