2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Highlands · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Central Highlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have grown significantly in Central Highlands (Tas.) since 2011, now making up 38.2% of all homes. This shift has contributed to a decline in the typical number of people living under one roof, which is now much lower than in most other similar areas.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Central Highlands — lower than 90% of areas.
| Central Highlands | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 38.2% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen 8.5 percentage points since 2011. Consequently, the typical home holds just 2.1 people, which is a little below the state and national figures.
38.2% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Central Highlands splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families are couples with children, while 37.1% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.2% of the total, which is well below the Tasmanian average and has barely changed since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Central Highlands, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61010/central-highlands/topic/family-households