2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barrington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barrington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Barrington, with only 7.5% of households consisting of a single person. This is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29%, making it one of the lowest rates for its area type. Most residents live in multi-person homes, with a strong presence of both couples and families with children.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Barrington — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About half of all homes in Barrington house two people, and the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as the state and national figures. Just 7.5% of households are single-person homes, which is much lower than the 25.6% seen across Australia.
7.5% ▼ -56.3%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barrington, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 3 people is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.6% of families, while couples without children account for 43.5%. One-parent families make up 8.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
8.5% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Barrington splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Barrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60032/barrington/topic/family-households