2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alcomie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alcomie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 3 people live in the typical home in Alcomie, which is much higher than most similar areas. This suggests a community of larger households, where couples with children make up the vast majority of families.
2.9
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- 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 Alcomie — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, households here are a little larger than the typical Tasmanian home (2.4) and the national figure (2.5).
Household size
View on map →Alcomie splits fairly evenly between 3 people (28%) and 4 people (24%), with 2 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children dominate the landscape at 72.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 7.8%, a figure well below both the state (15.9%) and national (14.1%) levels.
7.8% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alcomie, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Alcomie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60010/alcomie/topic/family-households