2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Highlands · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Central Highlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Central Highlands (Tas.) are couples with children. This region sees a mix of household types, though the typical home now holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Central Highlands — lower than 71% of areas.
| Central Highlands | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.4% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is slightly higher than the national average. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 37.2% of all households.
27.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Central Highlands, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the largest family group at 53.5%, while those without children make up 32.5%. One-parent families account for 13.2% of the total, which is a little below the Tasmanian average.
13.2% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Central Highlands, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60301/central-highlands/topic/family-households