2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7210, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7210, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 7210 than they were a decade ago. This area is now marked by a very high number of single-person households and a smaller number of people living in each home compared to other regions.
2.1
→ 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 7210, TAS — lower than 86% of areas.
| 7210, TAS | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Northern Midlands | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 36.5% of people living alone—a figure far above the national rate. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
36.5% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →7210, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the local total, which is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 40.1%.
18.8% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →7210, TAS splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 7210, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7210/7210-tas/topic/family-households