1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7182, TAS · Postcode
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 43% of households in postcode 7182 consist of just one person, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area's homes much smaller than typical Australian households, with the typical number of people per home now just 1.9.
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 7182, TAS — lower than 95% of areas.
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with a rate that is far above the Tasmanian average. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people, well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
43.0% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
7182, TAS splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (41%), with 6 or more at 6%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples without children, which is the biggest family group in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 11.4% of the total, a figure that is well below the state average.
11.4% ▲ +76.0%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In 7182, TAS, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 7182, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7182/7182-tas/topic/family-households