2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7162, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7162, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in postcode 7162 are couples without children, making this the most common family type. The area is dominated by multi-person homes, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 7162, TAS — higher than 57% of areas.
| 7162, TAS | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Kingborough | 2.5 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all homes have just two people, while only 17.5% are occupied by a single person. This rate of people living alone is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0% and much lower than most other areas.
17.5% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7162, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.2% of families, while one-parent families account for 12.3%. This last group has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011, though it remains well below the state average of 15.9%.
12.3% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →7162, TAS splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 7162, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7162/7162-tas/topic/family-households