1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barretta · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Barretta are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes, with the typical home holding far fewer people than the state or national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Barretta — lower than 94% of areas.
Average household size.
About 47.1% of people here live alone, which is far above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Because of this, the typical home in Barretta has only 1.7 people, among the lowest rates for similar areas.
1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
47.1% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Barretta splits fairly evenly between 1 person (47%) and 2 people (44%), with 4 people at 9%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest family group at 59.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.1% of the total, which is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
11.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Barretta, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Barretta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60031/barretta/topic/family-households