2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7254, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7254, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most areas of a similar size have similar household patterns to postcode 7254. A key shift here is the rise in people living alone, which grew by 8.2 percentage points since 2011. Now, about 26% of homes are occupied by a single person.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 7254, TAS — lower than 57% of areas.
| 7254, TAS | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Launceston | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in postcode 7254 has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 38.6%, while the number of people per home has fallen from 2.7 in 2011.
26.1% ▲ +45.6%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7254, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.7%. One-parent families account for 14.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and has risen 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
14.4% ▲ +74.8%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7254, TAS, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) 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 7254, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7254/7254-tas/topic/family-households