2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bicheno · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bicheno
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are far more common in Bicheno than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds just two people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a community where a large proportion of residents live on their own.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Bicheno — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.8% of people here live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. Nearly half of all households consist of just two people, contributing to a typical home size that is much lower than most areas.
31.8% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bicheno, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here. In contrast, one-parent families represent 11.9% of the total, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 15.9%.
11.9% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bicheno, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Bicheno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60044/bicheno/topic/family-households