2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7186, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7186, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in postcode 7186, accounting for 46.9% of the total. The area is mostly made up of small households, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most similar areas across the country.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 7186, TAS — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 44.6% containing just two people. The number of people living alone has risen to 27.7% since 2011, which is a little above the national figure.
27.7% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7186, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is a notable drop from 2011, when the rate was 10.3%.
6.2% ▼ -39.6%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →7186, TAS splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 7186, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7186/7186-tas/topic/family-households