2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Legana · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Legana
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Legana than in most similar areas. The community is mainly made up of families, with 58.2% of homes consisting of couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Legana — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Legana holds 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. While the number of people living alone rose to 21.2% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.2% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Legana, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.5% of the area, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples, with 58.2% having children and 30.9% without.
10.5% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Legana, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Legana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011039/legana/topic/family-households