2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buckland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Buckland are couples with children. This makes the area a family-oriented place, though it also has a very high number of people living on their own compared to most of the country.
2.4
—
- 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 Buckland — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people (43.2%), leaving the typical household size at 2.4 people, matching the Tasmanian average.
32.4% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buckland, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.7% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national levels. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 59.1% of households.
8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buckland, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60082/buckland/topic/family-households