2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7264, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7264, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in postcode 7264 live alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a community of smaller households, with the typical home holding only 2.1 people. The area has seen a steady rise in single-person households over the last decade.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 7264, TAS — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 37.6% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is lower than the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
37.6% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →7264, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families are couples without children, making up 48.5% of the group. One-parent families account for 13.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
13.9% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7264, TAS, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, 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 7264, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7264/7264-tas/topic/family-households