2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derwent Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Derwent Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Derwent Valley than in most other similar areas. The region has a strong family focus, with 56.1% of families consisting of couples with children. These figures contribute to a typical household size of 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the Tasmanian average.
2.6
→ 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 Derwent Valley — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. About 23.8% of residents live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian average of 29.0%.
23.8% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Derwent Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the state average and lower than most other similar areas. This is despite a small increase of 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
11.6% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derwent Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Derwent Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/603011066/derwent-valley/topic/family-households