2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7277, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7277, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in postcode 7277, where people are more likely to live in groups than in other parts of the state. With over half of all families including children, the area has a strong focus on multi-person homes and a very low rate of people living alone.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 7277, TAS — higher than 71% of areas.
| 7277, TAS | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| West Tamar | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than average, with 2.6 people per household. This is higher than most areas, though the number has edged down since 2011, and far fewer people live alone here than across Tasmania or Australia.
20.6% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7277, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.6%. One-parent families are much less common here than in the rest of the country, accounting for just 9.8% of the total.
9.8% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7277, TAS, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 7277, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7277/7277-tas/topic/family-households