West Launceston

15.4% of West Launceston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,170 family households lived in West Launceston; 37.6% were couple families and 15.3% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

West Launceston had 4,316 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 84.2% of occupied private dwellings in West Launceston.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

36.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

32.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in West Launceston had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 18.1% had four or more usual residents.

7.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

64.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

One-car households formed 39.4% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.4% reported a different address.

15.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

15.8% of West Launceston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.1% of ancestry responses in West Launceston.

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

28.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

36.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

57.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.0%.

Median household income was $1,468 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 7.9% in West Launceston, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 36.6% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 31.2% in West Launceston, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..