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.
Northern Midlands · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Northern Midlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
A little more than a quarter of residents in Northern Midlands live alone, which is a higher rate than across Australia. The area is mostly made up of two-person households, with the typical home holding 2.3 people.
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 Northern Midlands — lower than 71% of areas.
| Northern Midlands | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits slightly above the national rate. Most homes are small, with 39.2% holding two people and 28.5% holding one.
28.5% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northern Midlands, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families here are couples with children, while 34.8% are couples without. One-parent families make up 14.4% of the total, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure.
14.4% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northern Midlands, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Northern Midlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64610/northern-midlands/topic/family-households