2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bruny Island - Kettering · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bruny Island - Kettering
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Bruny Island - Kettering than in most other areas. The community is mostly made up of couples, with two-person households being the most common arrangement. Overall, the area is smaller and quieter than the state and national figures suggest.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Bruny Island - Kettering — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.2 people per house, a figure that has edged down since 2011. About 26.8% of people live alone, which is slightly more common than across Australia.
26.8% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bruny Island - Kettering, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 9.2% of the total, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures. Couples without children are the largest family group at 45.4%, followed closely by couples with children at 44.3%.
9.2% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bruny Island - Kettering splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Bruny Island - Kettering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/603021069/bruny-island-kettering/topic/family-households