2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7178, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7178, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people live by themselves in postcode 7178, making it a place with a very high number of single-person households. This is much higher than the national figure and reflects a trend of shrinking home sizes across the area.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 7178, TAS — lower than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This shift is driven by a rise in people living alone, a group that grew by 13 percentage points since 2011 to reach 39.7%.
39.7% ▲ +46.0%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →7178, TAS splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents are much more common here than in most areas, making up 19.5% of all families. This figure has risen by 6.8 percentage points over the last decade and sits well above both the state and national averages.
19.5% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7178, TAS, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 7178, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7178/7178-tas/topic/family-households