Cape Barren Island

20.3% of Cape Barren Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

18 family households lived in Cape Barren Island; 16.7% were couple families and 38.9% were one-parent families.

16.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Cape Barren Island had 64 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 75.0% of occupied private dwellings in Cape Barren Island.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

60.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Cape Barren Island had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 53.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 42.3%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

42.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 23.8% walked or cycled.

70.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 25.0% of the total.

0.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.4% reported a different address.

4.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

84.4% of residents used only English at home.

6.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.7% of Cape Barren Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.3% of ancestry responses in Cape Barren Island.

Australian ancestry made up 28.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 33.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 42.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.9%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

16.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 30.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 22.2%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 18.8% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.0%.

Median household income was $725 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $85 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Cape Barren Island, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 60.0% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 40.0% in Cape Barren Island, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..