2.2 —
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7175, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7175, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in postcode 7175, accounting for 54.2% of families. The area is seeing a shift toward smaller households, with a striking number of residents now living alone. This trend has contributed to a typical home size that is smaller than both the state and national figures.
2.2
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- 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 7175, TAS — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 38.4% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and rose by 10 points since 2016. This helps explain why the typical home holds just 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas.
38.4% —
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →7175, TAS splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.8% of the local total, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This proportion has fallen by 5.3 percentage points since the last census.
6.8% —
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7175, TAS, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 7175, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7175/7175-tas/topic/family-households