2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7179, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7179, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shaped the home life of postcode 7179 since 2011. This area is now defined by small households, with a typical home holding just two people and a high proportion of residents living by themselves.
2.0
→ 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 7179, TAS — lower than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live solo, the typical home has only 2.0 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7179, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families are couples without children, and one-parent families make up 10.7% of the total. This last group has grown by 4.1 percentage points since 2011, though it remains well below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%.
10.7% ▲ +62.5%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7179, TAS, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 7179, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7179/7179-tas/topic/family-households