2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7216, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7216, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in postcode 7216 are couples without children. This is a place where small households are the norm, with far more people living alone than in the typical Australian community.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 7216, TAS — lower than 90% of areas.
| 7216, TAS | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Break O'Day | 2.0 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 36.6% of residents live alone—a figure that is far above the Australian average and has risen since 2011.
36.6% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7216, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 48.1% of families, while 37.4% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, which is higher than in most areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7216, TAS, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 7216, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7216/7216-tas/topic/family-households