2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Launceston · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, 31.4% of people in Launceston live alone. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households. While most homes contain two or more people, there is a strong presence of both sole occupants and one-parent families.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Launceston — lower than 71% of areas.
| Launceston | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Launceston holds 2.3 people, which is about the same as the state figure. Single-person households are common here, making up 31.4% of the total, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
31.4% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Launceston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, while couples with children account for 50.3% of families.
18.6% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Launceston, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64010/launceston/topic/family-households