2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Break O'Day · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Break O'Day
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Break O'Day than in the rest of Australia. This trend contributes to a very small typical household size, with only 2.0 people per home. This is well below the national figure and represents a slight drop since 2011.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Break O'Day — lower than 95% of areas.
| Break O'Day | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.8% of residents live by themselves, which is far above the Australian average and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 42% of all households.
35.8% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Break O'Day, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 46.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 13.5% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
13.5% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Break O'Day, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Break O'Day [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60210/break-o-day/topic/family-households