2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bushy Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bushy Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Bushy Park are couples with children. This is a community where family life is central, and there are far fewer single-parent homes than in the rest of the state.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Bushy Park — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bushy Park holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About a quarter of all households consist of just one person.
25.0% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bushy Park, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 3.5% of the total, a figure that is far below both the Tasmanian and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 54%.
3.5% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bushy Park, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Bushy Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60086/bushy-park/topic/family-households