2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Launceston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are a defining feature of daily life in Launceston, where 36.8% of people live alone. This is far above the national figure and helps explain why homes here typically hold fewer people than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Launceston — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Launceston holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and has edged down since 2011. Single-person households are among the highest at this level, making up 36.8% of the total.
36.8% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Launceston splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.8% of families, while couples without children account for 38.4%. One-parent families represent 13.0% of the total, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
13.0% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Launceston, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011038/launceston/topic/family-households