2.3 —
Lower than 86% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rest of Tas. · Capital City
Family & Households in Rest of Tas.
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in the Rest of Tas. than in most similar areas. This is a region where small households are common, with the typical home holding 2.3 people. These trends have remained steady since 2016.
2.3
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- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 0 areas
- 2.1: 0 areas
- 2.2: 0 areas
- 2.3: 3 areas
- 2.4: 4 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 4 areas
- 2.7: 1 area
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 1 area
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Rest of Tas. — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than the Australian average, with 37.9% of households consisting of just two people.
30.1% —
Higher than 87% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rest of Tas., the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. Other family types are more common, with couples with children accounting for 49.2% of families.
15.6% —
Higher than 78% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rest of Tas., the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, 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 Rest of Tas. [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/6RTAS/rest-of-tas/topic/family-households