2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burnie - Wivenhoe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Burnie - Wivenhoe
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Burnie - Wivenhoe than in most similar areas, with 36.4% of households being single-person homes. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Burnie - Wivenhoe — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 36.4% of people living alone and just 2.1 people per home. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4 and has edged down since 2011.
36.4% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Burnie - Wivenhoe splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.3% of the total, a figure well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
23.3% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burnie - Wivenhoe, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Burnie - Wivenhoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604011077/burnie-wivenhoe/topic/family-households