2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenorchy · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Glenorchy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-parent homes shape the daily life of families in Glenorchy. This area sees a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of one-parent households, both of which sit well above the national figures.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Glenorchy — lower than 57% of areas.
| Glenorchy | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Hobart | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.5% of people in Glenorchy live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a number that has edged up slightly since 2011.
31.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glenorchy splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.0% of the community, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This is a stable trend, as the proportion of single-parent homes has barely changed since 2011.
21.0% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenorchy, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA62610/glenorchy/topic/family-households