2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7214, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7214, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 36% of households in postcode 7214 consist of just one person, which is far above the national figure. This trend toward smaller living arrangements means the typical home here has only 2.1 people, a figure that is much lower than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 7214, TAS — lower than 86% of areas.
| 7214, TAS | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Break O'Day | 2.0 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 36.4% of households being single-person homes, a figure that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the usual household size is just 2.1 people, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
36.4% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →7214, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 45.9%, though one-parent families are more common here than in most areas. These single-parent families now account for 15.3% of the total, up 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7214, TAS, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 7214, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7214/7214-tas/topic/family-households