Western Junction

20.3% of Western Junction's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

33 family households lived in Western Junction; 48.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

39.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Western Junction had 128 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 95.7% of occupied private dwellings in Western Junction.

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

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

55.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

34.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Western Junction had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 27.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 22.7%, while 6.8% had four or more usual residents.

12.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

63.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below 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 33.3% of the total.

76.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.2% reported a different address.

7.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

88.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.8% of Western Junction's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.2% 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 93.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in Western Junction.

Australian ancestry made up 48.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 28.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 24.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.4%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

56.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 14.8% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.2%.

Median household income was $1,625 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,354.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 12.3% in Western Junction, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 55.3% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 10.6% in Western Junction, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..