2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Braddon · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Braddon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Braddon than a decade ago, with 31.0% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift contributes to the area having a smaller typical home size than most other similar places. The region is now mostly made up of small households and families with children.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Braddon — lower than 86% of areas.
| Braddon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 31.0% of all households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Braddon holds only 2.3 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
31.0% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Braddon, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 48.4%, though one-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas. At 16.5%, the proportion of single-parent families is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.5% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Braddon, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Braddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED602/braddon/topic/family-households