2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Tamar · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in West Tamar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home since 2011 in West Tamar, where the typical household now has 2.4 people. This reflects a slight downward trend in home size, though the area remains very similar to state and national patterns.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 West Tamar — lower than 57% of areas.
| West Tamar | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.9% of people live alone, a figure that has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 38.6% of all households.
25.9% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West Tamar, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.0%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.4%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
12.4% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Tamar, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 West Tamar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA65810/west-tamar/topic/family-households