2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Westbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all families in Westbury are couples with children, marking it as a place where family-based households are very common. This balance is mirrored in the housing data, where the typical home size remains steady at around two people.
2.4
→ 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 Westbury — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Westbury holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 41.7%, while 25.3% of residents live alone.
25.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westbury, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.6% of the total, which is well below the Tasmanian average and lower than most other areas. This figure has risen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
11.6% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westbury, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Westbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602021057/westbury/topic/family-households