2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arthur River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arthur River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Arthur River are couples without children, making them the most common household type. This is a small, sparsely populated area where most homes are occupied by just two people.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Arthur River — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Arthur River are smaller than most, with a typical 2.1 people per household. This is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Arthur River, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 1 person is next at 38%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has no one-parent families, a figure that is far below the Tasmanian and national averages. Couples without children make up 45.8% of the community, while couples with children account for 29.2%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arthur River, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Arthur River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60020/arthur-river/topic/family-households