1.8 —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7187, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7187, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in postcode 7187 are occupied by just one person, a figure far higher than the rest of the state. This makes the area stand out for its very small household sizes. Most residents live alone or as couples, with very few large families.
1.8
—
- 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 7187, TAS — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 50% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 26% and has risen since 2016. Because of this, the typical home has only 1.8 people, well below the Tasmanian average of 2.4.
49.2% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7187, TAS, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with and without children make up an equal share of families here. One-parent families account for 12% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2016 but remains well below the state average.
12.0% —
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →7187, TAS splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 7187, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7187/7187-tas/topic/family-households