West Ulverstone

15.1% of West Ulverstone's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1,232 family households lived in West Ulverstone; 32.0% were couple families and 19.2% were one-parent families.

29.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

West Ulverstone had 4,515 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 89.8% of occupied private dwellings in West Ulverstone.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

42.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

31.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in West Ulverstone had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 40.1%, while 17.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

70.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

One-car households formed 36.1% of the total.

58.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.5% reported a different address.

8.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.9% of West Ulverstone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in West Ulverstone.

Australian ancestry made up 44.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

14.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to 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 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.8%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

23.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

48.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 14.9% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.8%.

Median household income was $1,059 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,213.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 6.0% in West Ulverstone, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 42.6% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 26.2% in West Ulverstone, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..