Macquarie Plains

5.7% of Macquarie Plains's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

12 family households lived in Macquarie Plains; 33.3% were couple families and 25.0% were one-parent families.

41.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Macquarie Plains had 53 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 92.0% of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Plains.

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

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

42.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Macquarie Plains had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 22.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 50.0%, while 13.6% 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.

67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 18.2% of the total.

86.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.9% reported a different address.

5.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

96.2% 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.

5.7% of Macquarie Plains's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.3% 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 86.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.3% of ancestry responses in Macquarie Plains.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

22.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 0.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.4% of workers, and education and training employed 12.9%.

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

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 5.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

56.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.2% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to 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 57.1%.

Median household income was $1,187 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,192.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Macquarie Plains, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 42.9% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Macquarie Plains, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..