2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bridgewater - Gagebrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bridgewater - Gagebrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of families in Bridgewater - Gagebrook are led by a single parent, which is among the highest proportions for any similar area. This high number of one-parent homes helps explain why household sizes here are generally larger than in the rest of Tasmania.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Bridgewater - Gagebrook — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in this area typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar places and a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. While 26.0% of people live alone—roughly the national average—this figure has risen by 2.1 points since 2011.
26.0% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bridgewater - Gagebrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 39.4% of the total, a figure far above the Tasmanian (15.9%) and Australian (14.1%) averages. This proportion has grown by 4.0 points since 2011, and now represents the second most common family type after couples with children.
39.4% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bridgewater - Gagebrook splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and One-parent families (39%), with Couples without children at 16%.
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 Bridgewater - Gagebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601011001/bridgewater-gagebrook/topic/family-households