2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southern Midlands · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Southern Midlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Southern Midlands have stayed mostly stable since 2011, though one-parent families have risen slightly. The area is characterised by larger households and a low number of people living alone compared to other similar regions.
2.5
→ 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 Southern Midlands — higher than 71% of areas.
| Southern Midlands | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 24.3%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%.
24.3% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Southern Midlands, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families now account for 14.4% of the total, a figure that has risen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
14.4% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southern Midlands, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Southern Midlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA65010/southern-midlands/topic/family-households