Dowsing Point

22.1% of Dowsing Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

23 family households lived in Dowsing Point; 21.7% were couple families and 17.4% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Dowsing Point had 77 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 89.2% of occupied private dwellings in Dowsing Point.

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

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

21.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

45.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Dowsing Point had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

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

80.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

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

14.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.

One-car households formed 32.4% of the total.

50.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.5% reported a different address.

14.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

88.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.3% of Dowsing Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.7% 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 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.2% of ancestry responses in Dowsing Point.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 0.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 23.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 30.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

45.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

44.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 3.9% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,292 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,391.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Dowsing Point, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 21.2% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 33.3% in Dowsing Point, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.