2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7258, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7258, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 7258 than in most similar areas. This is a place where homes are typically larger than the state average, with 2.7 people per household.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 7258, TAS — higher than 79% of areas.
| 7258, TAS | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Launceston | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few residents live by themselves, at just 14.1%, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. This helps explain why typical homes here are larger than most, though the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
14.1% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7258, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (16%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are mostly couples, with 61.3% having children. One-parent families make up only 6.0% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.0% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7258, TAS, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 7258, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7258/7258-tas/topic/family-households