Wesley Vale

16.1% of Wesley Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

131 family households lived in Wesley Vale; 38.9% were couple families and 9.2% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Wesley Vale had 483 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 97.3% of occupied private dwellings in Wesley Vale.

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

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

50.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

36.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Wesley Vale had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 39.2%, while 24.2% had four or more usual residents.

9.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

69.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 18.4% of the total.

76.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.3% reported a different address.

7.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.2% of Wesley Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.8% 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 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Wesley Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 47.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.8%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.5% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 3.9% 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 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.7%.

Median household income was $1,350 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,411.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 9.2% in Wesley Vale, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 50.8% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 12.4% in Wesley Vale, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..