Merseylea

21.1% of Merseylea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

20 family households lived in Merseylea; 35.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

30.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Merseylea had 71 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 86.7% of occupied private dwellings in Merseylea.

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

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

56.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

30.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Merseylea had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 42.3%, while 0.0% 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.

69.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.0% 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 15.4% of the total.

92.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.1% reported a different address.

5.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

87.3% 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.

5.6% of Merseylea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.4% 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 80.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Merseylea.

Australian ancestry made up 40.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

21.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 21.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.2%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

38.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

52.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 8.5% 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 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 15.4%.

Median household income was $1,416 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $108 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 56.5% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 13.0% in Merseylea, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..