2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Launceston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in West Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in West Launceston are couples with children. This is a residential area where households are often small, with a notably high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 West Launceston — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Because of this, the typical home in West Launceston has 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas.
31.8% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Launceston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.5% of families, while couples without children account for 33.5%. One-parent families make up 14.0% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure.
14.0% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Launceston, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 West Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011051/west-launceston/topic/family-households