1.9 ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beechford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beechford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share a home in Beechford than in most similar areas. With a typical household size of just 1.9 people, this is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -24.0%
- 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 Beechford — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 48.2% of homes holding two people and 30.4% holding just one. This means more people live alone in Beechford than in most other areas, sitting well above the Australian figure of 25.6%.
30.4% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beechford, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 62.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.6%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
11.6% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beechford, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
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 Beechford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60037/beechford/topic/family-households