Westbury

16.5% of Westbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

681 family households lived in Westbury; 31.9% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.

30.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Westbury had 2,272 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Westbury.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

46.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

32.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Westbury had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 26.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 43.5%, while 15.8% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

68.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 27.9% of the total.

69.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

12.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

94.2% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

12.8% of Westbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.6% of ancestry responses in Westbury.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

14.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

27.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

53.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.8% reported asthma, 14.9% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $1,122 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,249.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Westbury, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 46.8% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 20.8% in Westbury, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..