Gladstone

12.9% of Gladstone's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

35 family households lived in Gladstone; 28.6% were couple families and 22.9% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Gladstone had 124 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 103.9% of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone.

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

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

51.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

31.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Gladstone had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 26.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 49.1%, while 5.7% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

55.0% 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 12.5% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 24.5% of the total.

73.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.3% reported a different address.

15.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

92.7% 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.

15.3% of Gladstone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.7% 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 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Gladstone.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 30.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.5% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.1%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

16.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 20.4%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

42.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

21.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 18.5% arthritis and 8.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 5.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $824 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $928.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $165 per week.

Working from home was 10.0% in Gladstone, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 51.0% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 17.6% in Gladstone, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..