2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blessington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blessington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Blessington have remained steady, with a strong presence of families and a high number of people living alone. Most homes contain two people, though the area generally sees more people per house than is typical across Tasmania.
2.7
—
- 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 Blessington — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in each home, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Interestingly, 28.6% of residents live alone, a rate well above the national figure of 25.6%.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blessington, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 64.9% having children and 35.1% without. Only 9.1% of families are one-parent households, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blessington, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Blessington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60055/blessington/topic/family-households