Alonnah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Alonnah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all households in Alonnah are made up of people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes for a very small typical household size of just 1.8 people. The area is mostly home to couples and single residents rather than larger family groups.

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📍 Alonnah, Suburb / Locality

Where Alonnah sits — Average household size

1.8
  • 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 Alonnah — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Alonnah1.8
7150, TAS 2.4
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 46.1% of people here live alone, a rate far above both the state and national figures. Consequently, the typical home has 1.8 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5.

1.8

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.6
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

46.1%

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 56.7%
  • 2021: 46.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Alonnah, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 4 people (5%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 58.9%, while one-parent families are very rare at 3.3%. This proportion of single-parent homes is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.

3.3%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Alonnah, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 35%.

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 Alonnah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60012/alonnah/topic/family-households