Sassafras

13.4% of Sassafras's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

101 family households lived in Sassafras; 47.5% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

28.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Sassafras had 352 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 96.0% of occupied private dwellings in Sassafras.

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

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

54.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

27.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Sassafras had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 40.6%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

60.5% 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 7.3% 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 15.1% of the total.

79.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.8% reported a different address.

5.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

94.0% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.1% of Sassafras's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.9% 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 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 58.5% of ancestry responses in Sassafras.

Australian ancestry made up 43.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Managers accounted for 33.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.3% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.0%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.9%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.2%.

Median household income was $1,411 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 20.0% in Sassafras, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 54.9% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 17.7% in Sassafras, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..