Mengha

23.2% of Mengha's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

45 family households lived in Mengha; 17.8% were couple families and 13.3% were one-parent families.

44.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Mengha had 151 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 88.1% of occupied private dwellings in Mengha.

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.

42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Mengha had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 51.9%, while 7.7% had four or more usual residents.

13.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

74.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

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

7.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 16.1% of the total.

80.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.1% reported a different address.

12.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

87.4% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.6% of Mengha's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.4% 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 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.7% of ancestry responses in Mengha.

Australian ancestry made up 42.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.6% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.7%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.8%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.5% 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 4.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.0%.

Median household income was $1,093 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,044.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 13.8% in Mengha, 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 6.1% in Mengha, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..