2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cambridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cambridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Cambridge than in the rest of Tasmania. This area is dominated by larger households, with a typical home holding 2.8 people. This is a little above the national figure and has remained steady for the last decade.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Cambridge — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 35.4% of households containing two people. Only 17.4% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.4% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cambridge, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as 62.6% of families are couples with children. Single-parent families make up 9.2% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.2% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cambridge, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cambridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601021005/cambridge/topic/family-households