2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ravenswood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ravenswood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Ravenswood are made up of people living alone, reflecting a community with a high number of single-person homes. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is slightly lower than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -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 Ravenswood — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national average. This high proportion of single-person homes helps explain why the typical number of people per home has edged down to 2.3.
33.6% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ravenswood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 36.6% of the total, a figure far above the Tasmanian average of 15.9%. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas and has risen since 2011.
36.6% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ravenswood splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (37%), with Couples without children at 21%.
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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011045/ravenswood/topic/family-households