2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7163, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7163, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in postcode 7163 compared to most other areas, creating a community where shared households are the norm. With 21.6% of homes housing only one person, this is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most residents live in two-person households, which make up 43.9% of the total.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 7163, TAS — lower than 57% of areas.
| 7163, TAS | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Kingborough | 2.5 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. This number has edged down slightly since 2011, while the proportion of people living alone has fallen 2.3 percentage points over that decade.
21.6% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7163, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 7.1% of the local total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen 3.0 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children now account for 47.7% of families.
7.1% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →7163, TAS splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 7163, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7163/7163-tas/topic/family-households