2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7170, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7170, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in postcode 7170, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most other areas and reflects a community where few people live by themselves.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 7170, TAS — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.9% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. While this has risen slightly since 2011, the area remains dominated by larger groups, with 34.7% of homes holding two people and 20% holding four.
15.9% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7170, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large 63.6% of families here. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common than in most areas, accounting for just 8.1% of the total.
8.1% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7170, TAS, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 7170, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7170/7170-tas/topic/family-households