2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Devonport · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Devonport
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Devonport than in most similar areas. This trend has grown over the last decade, with nearly 32% of households consisting of just one person. While many homes house couples with children, there is a notably high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Devonport — lower than 71% of areas.
| Devonport | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Devonport holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. Single-person households are common here, making up 31.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average.
31.8% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Devonport splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.4% of the local total, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the Tasmanian average of 15.9% and has risen since 2011.
20.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Devonport, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61610/devonport/topic/family-households