2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7017, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7017, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 7017 than in the rest of Tasmania, where the same figure is 11 percentage points higher. This area is defined by larger households and a strong presence of families, with the typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 7017, TAS — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here have two people (37.9%), and the area has a much lower rate of single-person households than most other regions. While people living alone now make up 17.9% of the population, this is still well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.9% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7017, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.3%. One-parent families account for 10.8% of the total, which is well below both the Tasmanian and Australian figures.
10.8% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7017, TAS, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 7017, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7017/7017-tas/topic/family-households