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.
Burnie - Ulverstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Burnie - Ulverstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in Burnie - Ulverstone live alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households means the area is smaller than most, with a typical home holding just 2.3 people.
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 Burnie - Ulverstone — lower than 86% of areas.
| Burnie - Ulverstone | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes have risen to 31.7% since 2011, which is much higher than most other areas. This helps explain why the typical household size has edged down to 2.3 people, sitting slightly below the Australian figure of 2.5.
31.7% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burnie - Ulverstone, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.0% of the total, which is a little above the national average and much higher than most similar areas. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, at 48.5%.
17.0% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burnie - Ulverstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 - Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60401/burnie-ulverstone/topic/family-households