West Ridgley

18.5% of West Ridgley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

39 family households lived in West Ridgley; 38.5% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

West Ridgley had 124 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in West Ridgley.

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

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

65.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

34.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in West Ridgley had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 24.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 46.3%, while 17.1% had four or more usual residents.

26.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.

66.0% 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 0.0% 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 7.3% of the total.

95.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.7% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

91.9% 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.

8.1% of West Ridgley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% 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 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.1% of ancestry responses in West Ridgley.

Australian ancestry made up 54.0% 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 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.0%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.6% worked part time.

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

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.5%.

Median household income was $1,339 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 $320 per week.

Working from home was 26.0% in West Ridgley, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 65.8% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in West Ridgley, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..