2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7255, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7255, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people live alone in postcode 7255, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a trend toward smaller living arrangements in the area, where homes are typically much less crowded than across Australia.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 7255, TAS — lower than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in the area holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure. This small household size is driven by the high number of single-person homes, a figure that has risen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
38.9% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →7255, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 people (44%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 7.0%, which is well below both the Tasmanian and Australian figures.
7.0% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7255, TAS, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 7255, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7255/7255-tas/topic/family-households