2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7172, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7172, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-parent homes defines family life in postcode 7172, where 17.8% of families are headed by one parent. This is well above the national figure. While family structures vary, the area generally mirrors the state and national patterns for household size.
2.4
→ 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 7172, TAS — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in the area are small, with 35.9% housing two people and 27.2% housing one. The number of people living alone has risen slightly since 2011 and is now a little above the Australian average.
27.2% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7172, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, making up 17.8% of all families. This figure has risen by 2.7 percentage points over the last decade, placing it well above the national average.
17.8% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7172, TAS, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 7172, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7172/7172-tas/topic/family-households