Badger Head · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Badger Head

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far lower proportion of one-parent families live in Badger Head compared to the rest of the state. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure, a high number of residents live on their own.

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📍 Badger Head, Suburb / Locality

Where Badger Head sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Badger Head — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Badger Head2.5
7270, TAS 2.2
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Roughly half of all households consist of two people, while 12% have three people and 12% have four.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Badger Head, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

There are no one-parent families in this area, a figure far below both the Tasmanian and national averages. Most families are couples with children (57.4%) or couples without children (46.8%).

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Badger Head, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 45%.

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 Badger Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60025/badger-head/topic/family-households