2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howrah - Tranmere · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Howrah - Tranmere
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Howrah - Tranmere include children, making it a place where family life is central. The typical home houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Most households here consist of either two people or couples with children.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Howrah - Tranmere — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 24.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. Most homes contain two people (37.4%), and the typical household size has edged up slightly since 2011.
24.3% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Howrah - Tranmere, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families, while one-parent families account for 11.5%. This last figure is well below the 15.9% seen across Tasmania and has barely changed since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howrah - Tranmere, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Howrah - Tranmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601021007/howrah-tranmere/topic/family-households