2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairns Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cairns Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than most similar areas defines Cairns Bay, where 30.8% of families fit this profile. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, marking a distinct family structure for the area.
2.6
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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 Cairns Bay — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cairns Bay typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4.
Household size
View on map →In Cairns Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.8% of the total, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Tasmania. Other families include couples with children at 53.8% and couples without children at 30.8%.
30.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairns Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Cairns Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60088/cairns-bay/topic/family-households