Boat Harbour Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Boat Harbour Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people are living in each home in Boat Harbour Beach than in years past. This is a small area where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person, making it much more likely for people to live alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Boat Harbour Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Boat Harbour Beach sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -29.6%
  • 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 Boat Harbour Beach — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Boat Harbour Beach1.9
7321, TAS 2.4
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Almost 46% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 26%. Because of this, the typical home in Boat Harbour Beach holds only 1.9 people, well below the Tasmanian average of 2.4.

1.9 ▼ -29.6%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

45.5% ▲ +100.8%

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.6%
  • 2016: 32.1%
  • 2021: 45.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Boat Harbour Beach, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 56.6% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

9.4% ▲ +132.5%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Boat Harbour Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 8%.

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 Boat Harbour Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60059/boat-harbour-beach/topic/family-households