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.
7256, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7256, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in postcode 7256 are couples with children. This area is marked by a high number of people living alone, with 35.9% of households consisting of just one person. These trends contribute to a smaller typical household size than seen across the rest of the state.
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 7256, TAS — lower than 86% of areas.
| 7256, TAS | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| King Island | 2.1 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are far more common here than in the rest of Australia. With 35.9% of people living alone, the typical home in postcode 7256 holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas.
35.9% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →7256, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.7% of families, while couples without children account for 40.4%. One-parent families make up 10.9% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
10.9% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7256, TAS, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 7256, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7256/7256-tas/topic/family-households