2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Avoca
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Avoca, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size across the area compared to the rest of the country.
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 Avoca — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than most, with a typical size of 2.1 people. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4, and reflects the fact that 29.5% of residents live by themselves.
29.5% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Avoca, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 41.9% of families, while couples without children account for 41.1%. One-parent families make up 14.0%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.0% ▲ +29.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Avoca splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60023/avoca/topic/family-households