2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7304, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7304, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in postcode 7304 than in most similar areas, with 30.6% of all households consisting of a single person. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home is smaller than the national average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 7304, TAS — lower than 71% of areas.
| 7304, TAS | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Meander Valley | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Single-person households are common, making up 30.6% of the area, while two-person homes are the most frequent at 38.7%.
30.6% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7304, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families are couples with children, while 37.1% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is higher than in most similar areas.
13.6% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 7304, TAS, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without 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 7304, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7304/7304-tas/topic/family-households