TASMANIAN median incomes are again well below the national level and income growth is also slower in Tasmania, according to results from the 2011 Census.
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The median household weekly income in Tasmania was $948, compared with $1234 nationally.
While the Australian median weekly income increased by $207 since the 2006 Census, the Tasmanian median household weekly income increased by $147.
In Launceston and North-East Tasmania, the median weekly household income was $897 last year, an increase of $137 since the 2006 figures.
The individual median weekly income was $499 in Tasmania last year, up $101 since 2006, and $577 nationally, up $111 since 2006.
In Launceston and North-East Tasmania, the individual median weekly income was $470 last year, up just $83 since 2006.
THE SNAPSHOT
* There were 495,354 people in Tasmania - 51 per cent of them female - according to a snapshot of the 2011 Census figures, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this morning.
* There are 254,679 women and 242,675 men registered on Census night in Tasmania - with a median age of 40. Tasmania's population at the last Census in 2006 was 476,482.
* There are 134,193 families, with an average of 1.8 children.
* There are 232,370 private dwellings, with an average of 2.4 people living in each household. The medium weekly household income is $948. The median monthly mortgage payment is $1300, while the median weekly rent is $200.
* 19,626, or 4 per cent of the population - identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
* 51.2 per cent of the population is 40 years of age and up.
* 31.6 per cent is aged 24 years and under.
* 47.5 per cent of Tasmanians are married (of people aged 15 years and over). That's down from 49.2 per cent in 2006. 3.3 per cent are separated, 9.9 per cent are divorced (up from 9.3 per cent in 2006), while 32.8 per cent are listed as never married, up from 31.3 per cent in 2006.
* 83.6 per cent - or 414,261 - Tasmanians listed Australia as their country of birth.
* The most common responses for religion in Tasmania were No Religion 28.6 per cent, Anglican 26 per cent, Catholic 17.9 per cent, Uniting Church 4.8 per cent and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4 per cent.
* Of people aged 15 years and over, the median weekly personal income for Tasmanians was $499 - up from $398 in 2006. The Australian figure was $577 a week.
* Median weekly family income in Tasmania was $1203, compared with $1481 nationally.
* Median weekly household income for Tasmania is $948, compared with $806 in 2006 and $1234 nationally.
* 72.1 per cent of Tasmanians aged 15 and over said they performed unpaid domestic week in the week leading up to the Census.
* 27.9 per cent cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the Census. 11.6 per cent said they provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability while 19.5 per cent said they had performed voluntary work through or organisation or group in the past 12 months.
* 42.1 per cent of families were without children. 39.7 per cent of 'couple families' had children. 17 per cent were one parent families.
* 81.5 per cent of single parents were female. 18.5 per cent were male.
* Nationally, more homes had four bedrooms or more (30.3 per cent) than in Tasmania (21.1 per cent). 51.6 per cent of Tasmanian private dwellings were listed as 3 bedroom.
* 30.7 per cent of Tasmanian households had an income of less than $600 gross per week, compared with 38 per cent in 2006 and 23.7 per cent nationally.
* Only 5.4 per cent of households said they earned more than $3000 gross a week, compared with 11.2 per cent nationally.
* On the upside, the median rent in Tasmania is $200 a week, compared with $135 a week in 2006 and $285 nationally.
* The median Tasmanian monthly mortgage payment is $1300, compared with $867 in 2006 and $1800 nationally.
* 18.1 per cent of Tasmanian households have 3 or more vehicles. 35.5 per cent have 2, while 35.6 per cent have 1.
