2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bridgenorth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bridgenorth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bridgenorth than in the rest of the state, with only 16.5% of households being single-person. This creates a community where larger homes are the norm, and family-based living is much more common than the national average.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Bridgenorth — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bridgenorth are typically larger, with 2.8 people per household, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the mix of homes, where 38.1% house two people and 15.1% hold five or more.
16.5% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bridgenorth, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are very common here, with 62.8% of households being couples with children. Only 5.8% are one-parent families, a figure that is far below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%.
5.8% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bridgenorth, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Bridgenorth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60072/bridgenorth/topic/family-households