2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenorchy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenorchy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Glenorchy than in most similar areas. The typical household is small, with a very high proportion of people living on their own. This creates a distinct living pattern where small households are the norm.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Glenorchy — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Around 35.8% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live solo, the typical home here has only 2.1 people, a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
35.8% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glenorchy, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 3.2% of the total, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 45.3% having children and 43.2% without.
3.2% ▼ -75.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Glenorchy splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 3%.
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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21041/glenorchy/topic/family-households