2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Franklin · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Franklin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Franklin have remained steady since 2011, with the typical home size and family structures barely changing. Most homes contain between one and four people, and family life remains the core of the community.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Franklin — lower than 57% of areas.
| Franklin | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Franklin holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. About 25.7% of people live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits well below the state average.
25.7% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Franklin, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.6%, while 30.7% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is a little below the state figure and has remained stable over the last decade.
14.7% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Franklin, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED604/franklin/topic/family-households