2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kings Meadows - Punchbowl · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person homes and one-parent families set Kings Meadows - Punchbowl apart from most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, the area has a strong presence of small households and single parents.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Kings Meadows - Punchbowl — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
About 31.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.2% of households.
2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.7% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Kings Meadows - Punchbowl splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.8% of the area, a figure well above both the Tasmanian and national averages. This is an increase from 2011, when they accounted for 20.0% of families.
20.8% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Kings Meadows - Punchbowl, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (21%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kings Meadows - Punchbowl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011037/kings-meadows-punchbowl/topic/family-households