2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7331, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7331, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in postcode 7331 than in most similar areas. This contributes to a smaller typical home size, with only 2.1 people per dwelling. The area sees fewer single-parent families than the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 7331, TAS — lower than 86% of areas.
| 7331, TAS | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Circular Head | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend helps explain why the typical home in the area holds only 2.1 people, down from 2.4 in 2011.
33.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7331, TAS, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families, while 42% are couples without children. Only 10.4% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%.
10.4% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →7331, TAS splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 7331, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7331/7331-tas/topic/family-households