2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Allens Rivulet · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share their homes in Allens Rivulet than in most similar areas, with 2.8 people living in the typical home. This is a family-heavy place where very few people live on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Allens Rivulet — higher than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Only 15.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the number of people per home is a little above the Tasmanian average.
2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
15.6% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Allens Rivulet, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 66.4%. One-parent families are much less common here at 8.2%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
8.2% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Allens Rivulet, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Allens Rivulet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60011/allens-rivulet/topic/family-households