2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Launceston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in South Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in South Launceston, where a high number of people live on their own. This is a place where single-person homes are far more common than in the rest of the country. This trend means the typical home here holds fewer people than the national figure.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 South Launceston — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.8% of residents live alone, a figure far above the Australian average. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
36.8% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Launceston splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 16.1%. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most areas and a little above the national figure.
16.1% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Launceston, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 South Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011047/south-launceston/topic/family-households