Meander

11.3% of Meander's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

100 family households lived in Meander; 23.0% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

19.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Meander had 337 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.0% 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 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Meander.

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

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

48.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Meander had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 26.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 49.2%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

61.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.7% 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 26.9% of the total.

70.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.0% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.4% of Meander's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% 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 85.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.3% of ancestry responses in Meander.

Australian ancestry made up 37.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 27.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.3%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

26.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

51.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.7%.

Median household income was $1,138 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,193.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $238 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Meander, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 48.8% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Meander, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..