Roger River

21.6% of Roger River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

14 family households lived in Roger River; 50.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

50.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Roger River had 51 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 105.9% of occupied private dwellings in Roger River.

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

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

38.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Roger River had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 16.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 38.9%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

37.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

50.0% 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 18.8% 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 31.8% of the total.

68.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

40.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 60.0% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

76.5% of residents used only English at home.

21.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.8% of Roger River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

11.8% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 96.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.5% of ancestry responses in Roger River.

Australian ancestry made up 49.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 31.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 51.3%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

44.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 0.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.0%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

66.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 5.9% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% 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 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.0%.

Median household income was $1,291 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 37.5% in Roger River, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 38.1% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 28.6% in Roger River, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..