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.
7173, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7173, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in postcode 7173 are couples with children. This makes the area a common choice for parents, though the proportion of one-parent families is much higher than in most other areas. The typical home size has stayed steady at 2.4 people for the last decade.
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 7173, TAS — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 37.7% of all households. About 27.8% of people live alone, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.
27.8% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7173, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.8% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the Tasmanian figure and has barely changed over the last ten years.
15.8% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7173, TAS, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 7173, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7173/7173-tas/topic/family-households