East Launceston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,239 people in East Launceston of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in East Launceston was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in East Launceston aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Launceston was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Launceston, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Launceston was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In East Launceston 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 25.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Launceston were English 32.8%, Australian 31.6%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 8.3% and German 3.1%.

In East Launceston, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.5%, India 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In East Launceston, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Launceston were No Religion 31.4%, Anglican 26.7%, Catholic 17.9%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In East Launceston 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3%, French 0.2% and Punjabi 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,194 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Launceston. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Launceston, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Launceston was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in East Launceston included Professionals 36.3%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in East Launceston, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.8%, State Government Administration 5.7%, Tertiary Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Hospitals 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Launceston was $756.

In East Launceston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Walked only 12.6%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bicycle 1.0% and Bus 0.6%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Launceston, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in East Launceston, 31.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Launceston, 45.3% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In East Launceston 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Launceston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,460 and those without children was $2,194.

Employment status of couple families

In East Launceston, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Launceston, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Launceston, 81.3% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Launceston, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 23.7% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Launceston, 33.9% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In East Launceston, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In East Launceston, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In East Launceston, 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Launceston, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 52.8%) were male and 17 (or 47.2%) were female. The median age was 26 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In East Launceston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In East Launceston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,779.