2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Launceston · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Launceston live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This shift towards smaller households is reflected in the typical home, where only 2.3 people live—a figure that has edged down since 2011.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Launceston — lower than 86% of areas.
| Launceston | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are much more common here than in most areas, making up 30.8% of all homes. This contributes to the typical home being smaller than the national figure, with two-person households being the most frequent at 34.5%.
30.8% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Launceston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.5%.
17.5% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Launceston, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60201/launceston/topic/family-households