1.9 ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
7470, TAS · Postcode
Family & Households in 7470, TAS
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in postcode 7470 consist of a single person. This is a striking trend for the area, where the typical home holds just 1.9 people, far fewer than the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -17.4%
- 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 7470, TAS — lower than 95% of areas.
| 7470, TAS | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| West Coast | 2.0 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 46% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the Tasmanian average and has risen 17 points since 2011. This shift helps explain why the number of people per home is among the lowest at this level.
46.0% ▲ +56.7%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 7470, TAS, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the area, which is well above the national figure and has grown since 2011. This group is more common here than in most other areas.
19.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →7470, TAS splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 7470, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7470/7470-tas/topic/family-households