2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackstone Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blackstone Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 63% of families are couples with children in Blackstone Heights, making it a very family-focused area. This high proportion of children means homes here are typically larger than in most other places, with an average of 2.8 people per household.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Blackstone Heights — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure. This is consistent with very few people living alone, at just 13.2%, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
13.2% ▲ +29.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blackstone Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63.4% of families, while couples without children account for 26.6%. One-parent families represent 9.3%, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
9.3% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blackstone Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Blackstone Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60052/blackstone-heights/topic/family-households