2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broadmeadows
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical Broadmeadows (Tas.) home, which is much higher than in most other similar areas. This reflects a local trend toward larger households compared to the Tasmanian and national figures. The area is dominated by couples with children, who make up over three quarters of all families.
2.9
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- 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 Broadmeadows — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling. This is a little above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Broadmeadows, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (28%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75.5% of families, while those without children account for 22.4%. One-parent families make up 10.2%, which is well below the 15.9% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% national average.
10.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadmeadows, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60078/broadmeadows/topic/family-households