Lower Wattle Grove

14.7% of Lower Wattle Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

34 family households lived in Lower Wattle Grove; 44.1% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Lower Wattle Grove had 102 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 105.7% of occupied private dwellings in Lower Wattle Grove.

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

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

51.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

40.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Lower Wattle Grove had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 8.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Two-person households represented 37.8%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.

32.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

46.0% 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 6.0% 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 18.4% of the total.

78.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

26.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

90.2% 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.

26.5% of Lower Wattle Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.5% 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 95.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in Lower Wattle Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

26.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 24.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.0% of workers, and education and training employed 18.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

28.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 35.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

59.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 29.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.8%.

Median household income was $1,406 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,040.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $223 per week.

Working from home was 32.0% in Lower Wattle Grove, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 51.4% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 8.6% in Lower Wattle Grove, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..