1.9 —
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7185, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7185, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in postcode 7185 than in most other parts of the country. This area has a much higher proportion of people living alone than the national average, with the typical home holding just 1.9 people.
1.9
—
- 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 7185, TAS — lower than 95% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of residents live alone, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 29%. While most homes hold two people (52.8%), the average household size has risen slightly since 2016.
34.0% —
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7185, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest group of families at 62.8%. One-parent families now account for 11.6% of the total, a figure that has fallen by 12 points since 2016 and remains well below the state average.
11.6% —
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7185, TAS, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
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 7185, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7185/7185-tas/topic/family-households