South Launceston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,446 people in South Launceston of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in South Launceston was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in South Launceston aged 15 years and over, 34.0% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Launceston was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In South Launceston, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Launceston was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In South Launceston 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 33.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Launceston were Australian 33.4%, English 31.5%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.1% and German 2.7%.

In South Launceston, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, India 0.8%, Philippines 0.7% and Scotland 0.5%.

In South Launceston, 72.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Launceston were No Religion 33.6%, Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In South Launceston 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, German 0.3% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,360 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Launceston. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Launceston, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Launceston was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in South Launceston included Professionals 23.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Managers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in South Launceston, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, State Government Administration 5.0%, Hospitals 4.1% and Residential Care Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Launceston was $548.

In South Launceston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.2%, Walked only 11.2%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Bus 1.6% and Taxi 1.0%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Launceston, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 South Launceston, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Launceston, 34.2% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 19.4% were one parent families.

In South Launceston 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Launceston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,825 and those without children was $1,742.

Employment status of couple families

In South Launceston, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Launceston, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Launceston, 73.0% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In South Launceston, of occupied private dwellings 11.6% had 1 bedroom, 34.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Launceston, 21.8% were owned outright, 32.2% were owned with a mortgage and 41.0% were rented.

Household composition

In South Launceston, of all households, 54.9% were family households, 37.7% were single person households and 7.4% were group households.

In South Launceston, 29.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 South Launceston, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Launceston, there were 134 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 47.8%) were male and 70 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 24 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 South Launceston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,350.

In South Launceston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,539.